republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-4590.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADOPTION ACT-INFO DISCLOSURE"
description: "Amends the Adoption Act. To a list of disclosures required to be made to the adoptive parents, adds facts and circumstances relating to the nature and cause of the adoption, information regarding how adoptive parents were identified, and whether a request or efforts were made regarding continued contact or an open adoption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 4590"
citation: "Illinois HB 4590 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-01-28"
last_action: "2016-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bc97c21-12c5-41ea-8be4-2f39dcd68134"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4590&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=93761&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "e7f887a894d9702785a427b50ecfd8f86229ebd29e072fda1778afba54547d71"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 4590 (99th) — ADOPTION ACT-INFO DISCLOSURE

Amends the Adoption Act. To a list of disclosures required to be made to the adoptive parents, adds facts and circumstances relating to the nature and cause of the adoption, information regarding how adoptive parents were identified, and whether a request or efforts were made regarding continued contact or an open adoption.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4590&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=93761&DocNum=4590&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4590eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=93761&DocNum=4590&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4590enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=93761&DocNum=4590&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ann M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-01-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2016-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-16** Assigned to Adoption Reform `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2016-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2016-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption Reform; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2016-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-03-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Adoption Reform
- **2016-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Adoption Reform; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-06** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2016-04-06** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2016-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2016-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2016-04-13** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 14, 2016 `reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2016-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2016-04-27** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2016
- **2016-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
- **2016-05-24** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-08-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-19** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-08-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0832 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bc97c21-12c5-41ea-8be4-2f39dcd68134`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).