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Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that a person may commence an adoption proceeding for a youth in care only if the youth in care is placed with the petitioning person or persons by the Department of Children and Family Services at the time the petition is filed, and the Department has provided its consent to the adoption or has otherwise approved the adoption. Requires the Department to adopt rules or procedures or both as to what constitutes its approval of the adoption. Provides that a person whose rights have been terminated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 does not have to be made a defendant in a petition for adoption. Provides that the following persons must be given notice of a petition for adoption unless the person has been determined not to be a parent of the child or has had parental rights terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction: (i) any person who is recorded on the child's birth certificate as the child's parent; (ii) any person who is openly living with the child or the child's mother at the time the proceeding is initiated and holds out the child as that person's child; (iii) any person who has been identified as the child's parent by the mother in a written, sworn statement, including an Affidavit of Identification; or (iv) any person who was married to the child's mother on the date of the child's birth or within 300 days before the child's birth, unless that person has been determined not to be the parent of the child or has had parental rights terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Introduced
Apr 4, 2025
Last Action
Aug 15, 2025
Session
IL 104th
Sponsors
2 primary · 1 co
Governor Approved
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0348
Effective Date January 1, 2026
Sent to the Governor
Passed Both Houses
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
Senate Concurs
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 22, 2025
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
Second Reading - Short Debate
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 016-000-000
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ann M. Williams
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 018-000-000
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
Referred to Rules Committee
First Reading
Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000
Arrived in House
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ann M. Williams
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Feigenholtz
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
Recalled to Second Reading
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
Second Reading
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2025
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
Postponed - Judiciary
Assigned to Judiciary
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
Referred to Assignments
First Reading
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0348
Ann M. Williams