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IntroducedJan 13, 2025
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Passed SenateApr 09, 2025
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Passed HouseMay 20, 2025
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Signed into Law
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Senate • Jun 18, 2025: Sent to the Governor
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 31
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Laura M. Murphycosponsor
- Paul Faracicosponsor
- Javier L. Cervantescosponsor
- Graciela Guzmáncosponsor
- Mary Edly-Allencosponsor
- Terra Costa Howardcosponsor
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitzcosponsor
- Nicole La Hacosponsor
- Katie Stuartcosponsor
Lobbyists
| Aislin Green | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Alexa Koziol | Client: DCFS (DCFS) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Alexander Sharp | Client: Clergy for a New Drug Policy | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Alexis Mansfield | Client: Women's Justice Institute (Women's Justice Institute) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Angela Boyd | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Angela Spears | Client: Cass Law Group | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Angelica Jimenez | Client: National Center for Youth Law | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Anita Weinberg | Client: Civitas ChildLaw Center at Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Civitas ChildLaw Center at Loyola University Chicago School of Law) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Anne Smith | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Bozena McLees | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Christine Cannon | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Daniel Jjemba | Client: Private Citizen | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Edward E Thompson | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Elaine Nekritz | Client: Nekritz Amdor Andersson Group (Illinois Justice Project) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Elise Melrose | Client: Office of the Cook County Public Guardian (Cook County Public Guardian) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Elizabeth Monkus | Client: Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts (Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Elizabeth Monkus | Client: Chicago Council of Lawyers (Chicago Council of Lawyers) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Emma Ruth | Client: Cabrini Green Legal Aid (Cabrini Green Legal Aid) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Eric Kayondo | Client: Yale University | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Gail T Smith | Client: Children's Best Interest Project (Children's Best Interest Project) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Jan Silverstein | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Janet Kittlaus | Client: Retired (Myself) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Jennifer Roland | Client: Illinois Collaboration on Youth (Illinois Collaboration on Youth) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Jim Kent | Client: none | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Joan Steffen | Client: Institute to End Mass Incarceration | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| John McLees | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| John McLees | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Julie Anderson | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Karen M Brooker | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Kathryn Culleeny | Client: Cook County - Justice Advisory Council (Cook County - Justice Advisory Council) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| KATHRYNE GIBBS | Client: Non applicable | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Kenya Andrews | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Kevin B Banks Jr | Client: None | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Kyle Hillman | Client: National Association of Social Workers - Illinois Chapter (National Association of Social Workers - Illinois Chapter) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Laura Davis | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Laurel Baker | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Lindsey Hammond | Client: Restore Justice (Restore Justice) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Lisa Parsons | Client: Legal Council for Health Justice | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Lucinda Mellott | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Marshan Allen | Client: Illinois Prison Project (Illinois Prison Project) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Michael Koetting | Client: Retired | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Nancy Cowger | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Newland F Smith | Client: Retired | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Nora Collins-Mandeville | Client: American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU of Illinois) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Patricia Hayes Lackman | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Patricia Jjemba | Client: Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender (Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Patricia Lane | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Patrick Keenan-Devlin | Client: James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy (James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Rakiya Tasiu | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Ryan Melchin | Client: The Center for Youth and Family Solutions (The Center for Youth and Family Solutions) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| SANDRA CASTILLO | Client: SELF | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Sandra Rigsbee | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Sara Block | Client: Ascend Justice (Ascend Justice) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Shari Stone-Mediatore | Client: Parole Illinois (Parole Illinois) | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Shavon Francis | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Susan M Lucci | Client: Individual | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Susan M Lucci | Client: Individual | Proponent | Start date: Adoption&ChildWelfare(H)4/29/20252:00PM | End date: |
| Amanda Ruch | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Austin James Mink | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Avalon Betts-Gaston | Client: Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice NFP (Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Bethany Little | Client: WIN Recovery (WIN Recovery) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Bruce Bonecutter PhD | Client: Retired Public Health Psychologist | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Cheryl Jansen | Client: Equip for Equality (Equip for Equality) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Colette Payne | Client: Women's Justice Institute (The Women's Justice Institute) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Dakota Chisholm | Client: NA (NA) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Daniel J Schneider | Client: Legal Action Chicago (Legal Action Chicago) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Danielle Gomez | Client: Office of the Cook County Public Guardian (Cook County Public Guardian) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| David Schwartz | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Dianne Schmidt | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Elena Dennis | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Elesha Nightingale | Client: The Uplift (The Uplift) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Elizabeth Lewandowski | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Emma Ruth | Client: Cabrini Green Legal Aid (Cabrini Green Legal Aid) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Eric Kayondo | Client: NA (Eric Kayondo) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Gail Smith | Client: Children's Best Interest Project (Children's Best Interest Project) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Holly Kerr | Client: Retired | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Jan Goldberg | Client: NA | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Janet Kittlaus | Client: Retired (Myself) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Janis Westlund | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Jennifer Cleveland | Client: DCFS (DCFS) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Jennifer Roland | Client: Illinois Collaboration on Youth (Illinois Collaboration on Youth) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| John Amdor | Client: Nekritz Amdor Andersson Group (Illinois Justice Project) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| John McLees | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Kathryn Culleeny | Client: Cook County Justice Advisory Council (Cook County Justice Advisory Council) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Kimberly Washington | Client: Ascend Justice | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Kirk Moses | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Kyle Hillman | Client: National Association of Social Workers - Illinois Chapter (National Association of Social Workers - Illinois Chapter) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Laura Davis | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Lindsey Hammond | Client: Restore Justice (Restore Justice) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Marshan Allen | Client: Illinois Prison Project (Illinois Prison Project) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Nancy Cowger | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Newland Smith | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Nora Collins-Mandeville | Client: American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU of Illinois) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Patricia Jjemba | Client: Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender (Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Peter Contos | Client: Cannabis Equity IL Coalition (Cannabis Equity IL Coalition) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Risa Lanier | Client: Lawndale Christian Legal Center (Lawndale Christian Legal Center) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Ryan Melchin | Client: The Center for Youth and Family Solutions (The Center for Youth and Family Solutions) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Sandra Rigsbee | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Sara Block | Client: Ascend Justice (Ascend Justice) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Scott Main | Client: Juvenile Defender Resource Center | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Susan Lucci | Client: Individual | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Ted Pearson | Client: Select or enter (Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression) | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Vincent Johnson | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| David Ginsburg | Client: None (None) | Opponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Dr J Kent | Client: none | Opponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Leslie Alfred | Client: Self (Grandparent) | Opponent | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
| Michael Zalewski | Client: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP (Partner) | No Position | Start date: ChildWelfare(S)2/4/20255:00PM | End date: |
Votes
YES: 56
- Simmons
- Joyce
- Faraci
- Anderson
- Sims
- Koehler
- Feigenholtz
- Stadelman
- Lewis
- Fine
- Arellano, L.
- Syverson
- Lightford
- Fowler
- Balkema
- Tracy
- Loughran Cappel
- Glowiak Hilton
- Belt
- Turner, D.
- Martwick
- Guzmán
- Bryant
- Turner, S.
- McClure
- Halpin
- Castro
- Ventura
- Morrison
- Harris, N.
- Cervantes
- Villa
- Murphy
- Harriss, E.
- Chesney
- Villanueva
- Peters
- Hastings
- Collins
- Villivalam
- Plummer
- Hills
- Cunningham
- Walker
- Porfirio
- Holmes
- Curran
- Wilcox
- Preston
- DeWitte
- Harmon
- Rezin
- Johnson
- Edly-Allen
- Rose
- Ellman
NO: 0
YES: 114
- Mussman
- Guerrero-Cuellar
- Ammons
- Ness
- Guzzardi
- Andrade
- Niemerg
- Haas
- Avelar
- Olickal
- Halbrook
- Benton
- Ortíz, Aarón
- Hammond
- Blair-Sherlock
- Rashid
- Hanson
- Briel
- Reick
- Harper
- Buckner
- Rita
- Hauter
- Bunting
- Rosenthal
- Hernandez, Barbara
- Cabello
- Ryan
- Hernandez, Lisa
- Canty
- Sanalitro
- Hernandez, Norma
- Cassidy
- Chung
- Schmidt
- Hoffman
- Coffey
- Schweizer
- Huynh
- Costa Howard
- Severin
- Jacobs
- Crawford
- Sheehan
- Jiménez
- Crespo
- Slaughter
- Johnson
- Croke
- Smith
- Davidsmeyer
- Sosnowski
- Tracy Katz Muhl
- Davis, Jed
- Spain
- Keicher
- Davis, Lisa
- Stava-Murray
- Kelly
- William "Will" Davis
- Stephens
- Kifowit
- Deering
- Stuart
- La Ha
- Delgado
- Swanson
- LaPointe
- DeLuca
- Lilly
- Deuter
- Tarver
- Mah
- Didech
- Tipsword
- Manley
- Du Buclet
- Ugaste
- Mason
- Elik
- Vella
- Mayfield
- Evans
- Walsh
- McCombie
- Faver Dias
- Weaver
- McLaughlin
- Ford
- Weber
- Meier
- Friess
- West
- Meyers-Martin
- Fritts
- Wilhour
- Miller
- Gabel
- Williams, Ann
- Moeller
- Gill
- Williams, Jawaharial
- Moore
- Gong-Gershowitz
- Windhorst
- Morgan
- González, Edgar
- Janet Yang Rohr
- Morris
- Gordon-Booth
- Welch
- Moylan
- Grant
- Grasse
NO: 0
EXCUSED: 4
Actions
- Jun 18, 2025 | Senate
- Sent to the Governor
- May 20, 2025 | Senate
- Passed Both Houses
- May 20, 2025 | House
- Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha
- Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
- May 13, 2025 | House
- Second Reading - Short Debate
- Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- May 13, 2025 | Senate
- Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- Apr 30, 2025 | House
- Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- Apr 29, 2025 | committee
- Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000
- Apr 17, 2025 | House
- Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee
- Apr 09, 2025 | House
- Arrived in House
- Chief House Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
- First Reading
- Referred to Rules Committee
- Apr 09, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
- Apr 04, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- Mar 28, 2025 | Senate
- Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
- Mar 19, 2025 | Senate
- Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- Feb 27, 2025 | Senate
- Second Reading
- Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2025
- Feb 26, 2025 | Senate
- Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- Feb 05, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2025
- Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- Feb 05, 2025 | committee
- Do Pass Child Welfare; 009-000-000
- Jan 22, 2025 | Senate
- Assigned to Child Welfare
- Jan 13, 2025 | Senate
- Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- First Reading
- Referred to Assignments
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