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type: "Bill"
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title: "DCFS-SUGGESTION BOXES"
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description: "Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services must place in each residential treatment center that accepts wards of the Department a locked suggestion box into which residents may place comments and concerns to be addressed by the Department. Provides that only employees of the Department shall have access to the contents of the locked suggestion boxes and that an employee of the Department must check the locked suggestion boxes at least once per week. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "99th"
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identifier: "HB 3172"
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citation: "Illinois HB 3172 (99th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2015-02-25"
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last_action: "2015-08-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c08a692f-dc06-4598-86c9-9910790f9a22"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3172&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=89318&SessionID=88&GA=99"
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source_hash: "25f5b686021dda7a1bfd5e5819f7e5512e7593d21e3f7641024c77387dba4fbb"
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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 HB 3172 (99th) — DCFS-SUGGESTION BOXES
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services must place in each residential treatment center that accepts wards of the Department a locked suggestion box into which residents may place comments and concerns to be addressed by the Department. Provides that only employees of the Department shall have access to the contents of the locked suggestion boxes and that an employee of the Department must check the locked suggestion boxes at least once per week. Effective immediately.
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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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3172&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89318&DocNum=3172&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3172eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89318&DocNum=3172&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3172enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89318&DocNum=3172&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christine Winger — primary (person)
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- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `filing`
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- **2015-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2015-02-25** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Christine Winger
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- **2015-03-10** Assigned to Youth & Young Adults `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Youth & Young Adults; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2015-03-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2015-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2015-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
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- **2015-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2015-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2015-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2015-04-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
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- **2015-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2015-04-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
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- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2015-05-06** Do Pass Human Services; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
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- **2015-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2015-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2015
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- **2015-05-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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- **2015-05-22** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 `reading-3`
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- **2015-05-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
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- **2015-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2015-05-26** Passed Both Houses
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- **2015-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2015-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2015
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- **2015-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0342 `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/c08a692f-dc06-4598-86c9-9910790f9a22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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