republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-2771.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABUSED CHILD-ATTORNY PRIVILGED"
description: "Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In a provision stating that the privileged quality of communication between a professional person required to report suspected child abuse or neglect and his or her patient or client shall not apply to situations involving abused or neglected children and shall not constitute grounds for failure to report as required by the Act or constitute grounds for failure to share information or documents with the Department of Children and Family Services during the course of a child abuse or neglect investigation, creates an exception for privileged communication between an attorney and his or her client. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 2771"
citation: "Illinois HB 2771 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82cb8e1a-0dba-4853-8dca-76057eeddb9f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2771&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74585&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "357a3c676443da3423f4a4344aeb0fee39cf81f1614cbb228a97f24355c14afa"
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 2771 (98th) — ABUSED CHILD-ATTORNY PRIVILGED

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In a provision stating that the privileged quality of communication between a professional person required to report suspected child abuse or neglect and his or her patient or client shall not apply to situations involving abused or neglected children and shall not constitute grounds for failure to report as required by the Act or constitute grounds for failure to share information or documents with the Department of Children and Family Services during the course of a child abuse or neglect investigation, creates an exception for privileged communication between an attorney and his or her client. 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=09800HB2771&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74585&DocNum=2771&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2771eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74585&DocNum=2771&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2771enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74585&DocNum=2771&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dwight Kay — primary (person)
- Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dwight Kay `filing`
- **2013-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dwight Kay `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2013-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2013-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2013-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-13** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2013-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2013-04-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2013-04-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2013-04-11** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2013
- **2013-04-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2013
- **2013-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-15** Effective Date July 15, 2013
- **2013-07-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0067 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82cb8e1a-0dba-4853-8dca-76057eeddb9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).