republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-5007.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPT JUV JUST-MORTALITY REVIEW"
description: "Creates the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review Team Act and amends the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that upon the occurrence of the death of any youth in the Department of Juvenile Justice's custody, the Director of Juvenile Justice shall appoint members and a chairperson to a mortality review team. Provides for membership of the teams. Provides for a team's review of every death of a youth that occurs within a facility of the Department or as the result of an act or incident occurring within a facility of the Department, including as the result of suspected illness, injury, self-harm, or unknown cause. Provides for a team's recommendations to the Director of Juvenile Justice and for the Director's reply; also requires the Director to submit a report to the Executive Inspector General appointed by the Governor under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that team meetings are not subject to the Open Meetings Act and that records and information provided to or maintained by a team are not subject to inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides for indemnification of team members. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5007"
citation: "Illinois HB 5007 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-20"
last_action: "2010-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/925b845f-b5a7-4598-88e2-259e4c3ff536"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5007&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49571&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "4d8b6c8f33d71eabaffbae3a83ccf53fbda50d90f781ce64038b74f24a8f01c4"
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 5007 (96th) — DPT JUV JUST-MORTALITY REVIEW

Creates the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review Team Act and amends the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that upon the occurrence of the death of any youth in the Department of Juvenile Justice's custody, the Director of Juvenile Justice shall appoint members and a chairperson to a mortality review team. Provides for membership of the teams. Provides for a team's review of every death of a youth that occurs within a facility of the Department or as the result of an act or incident occurring within a facility of the Department, including as the result of suspected illness, injury, self-harm, or unknown cause. Provides for a team's recommendations to the Director of Juvenile Justice and for the Director's reply; also requires the Director to submit a report to the Executive Inspector General appointed by the Governor under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that team meetings are not subject to the Open Meetings Act and that records and information provided to or maintained by a team are not subject to inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides for indemnification of team members. 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=09600HB5007&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49571&DocNum=5007&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5007eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49571&DocNum=5007&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5007enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49571&DocNum=5007&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **106–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arthur L. Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Arthur L. Turner `filing`
- **2010-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Juvenile Justice Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Juvenile Justice Reform Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Juvenile Justice Reform Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Juvenile Justice Reform Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2010-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2010-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-22** Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
- **2010-05-04** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-29** Effective Date July 29, 2010
- **2010-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1378 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/925b845f-b5a7-4598-88e2-259e4c3ff536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).