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type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH ED-ABANDONED NEWBORNS"
description: "Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Removes a provision that requires a sex education course that discusses sexual intercourse to have course material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act and to provide information about responsible parenting and the availability of confidential adoption services. Provides instead that the Comprehensive Health Education Program must provide course material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act and to provide information about responsible parenting and the availability of confidential adoption services. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2455"
citation: "Illinois SB 2455 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 65
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-18"
last_action: "2006-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71396466-8dc7-46b8-9588-bb56a3b951f3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2455&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23280&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "c26b8b710d620ce8869ac56413bdb37fb61f1d6db145447b862b644d3dd3e5e6"
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 SB 2455 (94th) — HEALTH ED-ABANDONED NEWBORNS
Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Removes a provision that requires a sex education course that discusses sexual intercourse to have course material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act and to provide information about responsible parenting and the availability of confidential adoption services. Provides instead that the Comprehensive Health Education Program must provide course material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act and to provide information about responsible parenting and the availability of confidential adoption services. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
## 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=09400SB2455&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23280&DocNum=2455&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2455eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23280&DocNum=2455&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2455enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23280&DocNum=2455&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1131** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Arthur L. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
- Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)
- James H. Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Dunkin — cosponsor (person)
- Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Milton Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald A. Wait — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Mulligan — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Munson — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)
- Terry R. Parke — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Wyvetter H. Younge — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2006-01-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `filing`
- **2006-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-19** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2006-01-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2006-01-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2006-01-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2006-01-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2006-01-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2006-01-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2006-01-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2006-01-31** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2006-02-01** Held in Health & Human Services
- **2006-02-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
- **2006-02-02** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2006-02-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
- **2006-02-08** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 007-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 9, 2006
- **2006-02-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2006-02-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
- **2006-02-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Health & Human Services; 011-000-000
- **2006-02-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Trotter `amendment-passage`
- **2006-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 1, 2006
- **2006-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2006-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- **2006-03-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terry R. Parke
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2006-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2006-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-26** Effective Date June 26, 2006
- **2006-06-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0933 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71396466-8dc7-46b8-9588-bb56a3b951f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).