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type: "Bill"
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title: "PARENTAL RIGHT TERMINATION"
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description: "Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that unless good cause exists that filing a petition to terminate parental rights is contrary to the child's best interests, the Department of Children and Family Services shall request the State's Attorney to file a petition or motion for termination of parental rights and appointment of guardian of the person with power to consent to adoption of the minor under the Act if the parent is criminally convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a child, or permitting sexual abuse of a child. Makes technical changes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "101st"
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identifier: "SB 218"
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citation: "Illinois SB 218 (101st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-31"
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last_action: "2019-08-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90a56ea1-b648-4eba-8377-524fc313a7d6"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=218&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=116103&SessionID=108&GA=101"
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source_hash: "422dd74e879df47c11706698c11aba04b904bb2af58fc5b630fc20a74226042f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 218 (101st) — PARENTAL RIGHT TERMINATION
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Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that unless good cause exists that filing a petition to terminate parental rights is contrary to the child's best interests, the Department of Children and Family Services shall request the State's Attorney to file a petition or motion for termination of parental rights and appointment of guardian of the person with power to consent to adoption of the minor under the Act if the parent is criminally convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a child, or permitting sexual abuse of a child. Makes technical changes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0218&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116103&DocNum=218&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0218eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116103&DocNum=218&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0218enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116103&DocNum=218&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
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- Grant Wehrli — cosponsor (person)
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- John F. Curran — cosponsor (person)
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- John M. Cabello — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Willis — primary (person)
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- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick Windhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas Cullerton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton `filing`
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- **2019-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-31** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-20** Postponed - Judiciary
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- **2019-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
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- **2019-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-03-20** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
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- **2019-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
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- **2019-04-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2019
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- **2019-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
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- **2019-04-11** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; T. Cullerton `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
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- **2019-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
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- **2019-04-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
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- **2019-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
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- **2019-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 014-003-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
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- **2019-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-05-24** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019
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- **2019-05-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-05-26** Passed Both Houses
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- **2019-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
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- **2019-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
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- **2019-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
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- **2019-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
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- **2019-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2019-08-23** Effective Date January 1, 2020
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- **2019-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0529 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90a56ea1-b648-4eba-8377-524fc313a7d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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