Bill Status of SB2977  103rd General Assembly

Short Description:  ADOPTION-CONFIDENTIAL INTERMED

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  5/3/2024SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
750 ILCS 50/18.3afrom Ch. 40, par. 1522.3a


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Adoption Act. Allows any person 21 years of age or over who was relinquished under the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act or who had a birth certificate issued under specified provisions of the Vital Records Act to petition for the appointment of a confidential intermediary. Requires the confidential intermediary to provide such a petitioner with a DNA test kit upon request with no fee. Allows a petitioner to use the remedy in the Adoption Act for a missing or lost original birth certificate to be used for missing or lost birth certificate issued under specified provisions of the Vital Records Act.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/31/2024SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
  1/31/2024SenateFirst Reading
  1/31/2024SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/6/2024SenateDirected to Multiple Committees Appropriations; Judiciary
  2/6/2024SenateAssigned to Appropriations
  3/15/2024SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
  4/5/2024SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
  5/3/2024SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments