Date	Chamber	Action
8/19/2016	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0832

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

750 ILCS 50/18.4

from Ch. 40, par. 1522.4

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Adoption Act. To a list of disclosures required to be made to the adoptive parents, adds facts and circumstances relating to the nature and cause of the adoption, information regarding how adoptive parents were identified, and whether a request or efforts were made regarding continued contact or an open adoption.

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Deletes the language adding facts and circumstances relating to the nature and cause of the adoption, information regarding how adoptive parents were identified, and whether a request or efforts were made regarding continued contact or an open adoption. Adds instead to the list of required disclosures: the reason or reasons the birth parent or parents stated for placing the child for adoption; how and why the adoptive parent or parents were selected and who selected the adoptive parent or parents; and whether the birth parent or parents requested or agreed to post-adoption contact with the child at the time of placement, and, if so, the frequency and type of contact.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/28/2016	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
1/28/2016	House	First Reading
1/28/2016	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/16/2016	House	Assigned to Adoption Reform
3/1/2016	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
3/1/2016	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/2/2016	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
3/2/2016	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
3/3/2016	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption Reform; 004-000-000
3/3/2016	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
3/3/2016	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/7/2016	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
3/7/2016	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/23/2016	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Adoption Reform
4/6/2016	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Adoption Reform; 005-000-000
4/6/2016	House	Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ann M. Williams
4/6/2016	House	Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
4/6/2016	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
4/7/2016	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/7/2016	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
4/7/2016	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/12/2016	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
4/12/2016	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
4/12/2016	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
4/12/2016	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
4/12/2016	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
4/12/2016	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
4/12/2016	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
4/12/2016	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
4/12/2016	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
4/13/2016	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/13/2016	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 14, 2016
4/14/2016	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
4/14/2016	Senate	First Reading
4/14/2016	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/26/2016	Senate	Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
4/27/2016	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
5/4/2016	Senate	Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
5/4/2016	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2016
5/10/2016	Senate	Second Reading
5/10/2016	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
5/24/2016	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
5/24/2016	House	Passed Both Houses
6/22/2016	House	Sent to the Governor
8/19/2016	House	Governor Approved
8/19/2016	House	Effective Date January 1, 2017
8/19/2016	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0832

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