republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-909.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY-INTERVIEW"
description: "Amends the Children's Advocacy Center Act. Provides that consent is not required for a forensic interview to be electronically recorded and that failure to record does not render a forensic interview inadmissible. Provides that a forensic interview, an electronic recording, or a transcription of an interview or electronic recording is confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying and may only be viewed by a court, attorneys, investigators, or experts for the purpose of judicial and administrative hearings and shall not be disseminated except pursuant to a court's protective order. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to limit or prohibit electronically recorded forensic interviewing in accordance with provisions concerning surveillance and investigations in the Criminal Code of 2012 and Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Adds a definition and modifies a definition. Amends the Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 909"
citation: "Illinois HB 909 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeccdce3-5bf6-46e7-84ac-b13a0a53f927"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=909&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=115251&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "ce46ac6a1649f87da90faece21377daff7b57bfe359ff86b445deba7187069d6"
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 909 (101st) — CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY-INTERVIEW

Amends the Children's Advocacy Center Act. Provides that consent is not required for a forensic interview to be electronically recorded and that failure to record does not render a forensic interview inadmissible. Provides that a forensic interview, an electronic recording, or a transcription of an interview or electronic recording is confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying and may only be viewed by a court, attorneys, investigators, or experts for the purpose of judicial and administrative hearings and shall not be disseminated except pursuant to a court's protective order. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to limit or prohibit electronically recorded forensic interviewing in accordance with provisions concerning surveillance and investigations in the Criminal Code of 2012 and Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Adds a definition and modifies a definition. Amends the Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2020.

## 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=10100HB0909&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=115251&DocNum=909&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0909eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=115251&DocNum=909&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0909enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=115251&DocNum=909&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emanuel Chris Welch — primary (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
- John Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Keith P. Sommer — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Margo McDermed — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Bristow — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
- Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch `filing`
- **2019-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2019-02-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
- **2019-02-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2019-02-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
- **2019-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
- **2019-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
- **2019-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
- **2019-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2019-02-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2019-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2019-03-07** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2019-03-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2019-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2019-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
- **2019-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2019-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2019-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
- **2019-05-24** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0236 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeccdce3-5bf6-46e7-84ac-b13a0a53f927`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).