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type: "Bill"
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title: "DHS-HOME VISITING PROGRAM"
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description: "Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a home visiting program to support communities in providing intensive home visiting programs to pregnant persons and families with children from birth up to elementary school enrollment. Provides that services shall be offered on a voluntary basis to families. Provides that, in awarding grants under the program, the Department shall prioritize populations or communities in need of such services, as determined by the Department, based on data including, but not limited to, statewide home visiting needs assessments. Provides that eligibility under the program shall also take into consideration requirements of the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program to ensure appropriate alignment. Provides that the overall goals for these services are to: (1) improve maternal and newborn health; (2) prevent child abuse and neglect; (3) promote children's development and readiness to participate in school; and (4) connect families to needed community resources and supports. Contains provisions concerning grants to community-based organizations to implement home visiting and family support services; services provided under the home visiting program; infrastructure supports for grantees such as professional development for the workforce, technical assistance and capacity-building, and infant and early childhood mental health consultation; collaboration between the Department and other specified agencies to implement the home visiting services to ensure service alignment with services provided through the Early Childhood Block Grant and the State's Medical Assistance Program; and the establishment of an advisory committee. Grants the Department rulemaking authority."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "103rd"
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identifier: "SB 1794"
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citation: "Illinois SB 1794 (103rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aarón M. Ortíz", "Don Harmon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2023-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d1d3dad-8165-4c7e-ab32-b279a0154fde"
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source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1794&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146615&SessionID=112"
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source_hash: "3561fb2692c781c46f01a859e430c78388233ea643ea15c27a6660ae9fad4ca3"
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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 1794 (103rd) — DHS-HOME VISITING PROGRAM
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Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a home visiting program to support communities in providing intensive home visiting programs to pregnant persons and families with children from birth up to elementary school enrollment. Provides that services shall be offered on a voluntary basis to families. Provides that, in awarding grants under the program, the Department shall prioritize populations or communities in need of such services, as determined by the Department, based on data including, but not limited to, statewide home visiting needs assessments. Provides that eligibility under the program shall also take into consideration requirements of the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program to ensure appropriate alignment. Provides that the overall goals for these services are to: (1) improve maternal and newborn health; (2) prevent child abuse and neglect; (3) promote children's development and readiness to participate in school; and (4) connect families to needed community resources and supports. Contains provisions concerning grants to community-based organizations to implement home visiting and family support services; services provided under the home visiting program; infrastructure supports for grantees such as professional development for the workforce, technical assistance and capacity-building, and infant and early childhood mental health consultation; collaboration between the Department and other specified agencies to implement the home visiting services to ensure service alignment with services provided through the Early Childhood Block Grant and the State's Medical Assistance Program; and the establishment of an advisory committee. Grants the Department rulemaking authority.
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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](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1794.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1794eng.pdf)
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3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1794sam001.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1794enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Health and Human Services — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Human Services — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Health and Human Services, Amendment 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Aarón M. Ortíz — primary (person)
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- Don Harmon — primary (person)
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- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
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- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
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- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
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- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
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- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
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- Omar Aquino — cosponsor (person)
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- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
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- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas `filing`
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- **2023-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-09** Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
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- **2023-02-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
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- **2023-02-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
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- **2023-02-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
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- **2023-02-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
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- **2023-03-08** Do Pass Health and Human Services; 009-000-000
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- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2023 `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
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- **2023-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2023
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- **2023-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Health and Human Services
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Health and Human Services; 008-000-000
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- **2023-03-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Pacione-Zayas `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
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- **2023-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
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- **2023-03-29** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
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- **2023-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2023-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
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- **2023-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-30** Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-11** Passed Both Houses
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- **2023-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
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- **2023-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
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- **2023-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
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- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-12** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
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- **2023-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2023-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2024
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- **2023-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0498 `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/6d1d3dad-8165-4c7e-ab32-b279a0154fde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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