Date	Chamber	Action
6/26/2006	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0939

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

750 ILCS 50/1

from Ch. 40, par. 1501

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that there is a rebuttable presumption, which can be overcome only by clear and convincing evidence, that a parent is unfit if there are 2 or more findings of physical abuse by the juvenile court under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (deletes references to the former Juvenile Court Act), the parent has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of insanity in a case of the death of a child by physical abuse, or there is a finding of physical child abuse resulting from the death of a child under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Adds to the list of criminal convictions that create a presumption that a parent is depraved by including predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (deletes aggravated criminal sexual assault), heinous battery of a child, or aggravated battery of a child.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Further amends the Adoption Act. Provides that no conviction or finding of delinquency pursuant to Article 5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is a criminal conviction for the purpose of applying any presumption in the items concerning physical child abuse and depravity.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/20/2006	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney
1/20/2006	Senate	First Reading
1/20/2006	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/8/2006	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2/14/2006	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney
2/14/2006	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
2/14/2006	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
2/14/2006	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
2/15/2006	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000
2/15/2006	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2006
2/16/2006	Senate	Second Reading
2/16/2006	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 22, 2006
2/22/2006	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
2/22/2006	House	Arrived in House
2/22/2006	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
2/23/2006	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
2/23/2006	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
2/23/2006	House	First Reading
2/23/2006	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/8/2006	House	Assigned to Adoption Reform
3/23/2006	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption Reform; 005-000-000
3/24/2006	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/24/2006	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
3/24/2006	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
3/28/2006	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/28/2006	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/30/2006	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
3/30/2006	Senate	Passed Both Houses
4/28/2006	Senate	Sent to the Governor
6/26/2006	Senate	Governor Approved
6/26/2006	Senate	Effective Date January 1, 2007
6/26/2006	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0939

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