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type: "Bill"
title: "JUV CT-ADULT RELATIVE"
description: "Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Defines \"mentally capable adult relative\" and \"physically capable adult relative\". Provides that a minor shall not be considered neglected or dependent for the sole reason that the minor's parent or parents or other person or persons responsible for the minor's welfare have left the minor in the care of a physically and mentally capable adult relative who is willing and able to care for the minor for any period of time. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 520"
citation: "Illinois HB 520 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-04"
last_action: "2009-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41564cd8-cff5-490c-8b08-b3520758147a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=520&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40896&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "6285f66f73e8675e2160ad664a03460f1af14665f820b4de5157b569830b897b"
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 520 (96th) — JUV CT-ADULT RELATIVE
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Defines "mentally capable adult relative" and "physically capable adult relative". Provides that a minor shall not be considered neglected or dependent for the sole reason that the minor's parent or parents or other person or persons responsible for the minor's welfare have left the minor in the care of a physically and mentally capable adult relative who is willing and able to care for the minor for any period of time. 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=09600HB0520&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40896&DocNum=520&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0520eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40896&DocNum=520&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0520enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40896&DocNum=520&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **8916** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Esther Golar — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar `filing`
- **2009-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-09** Assigned to Youth and Family Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Youth and Family Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Youth and Family Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Youth and Family Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-016-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2009
- **2009-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0168 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41564cd8-cff5-490c-8b08-b3520758147a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).