Illinois 93rd Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 3552 — ADOPTION ACT-CONSENTS

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0510

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2003. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 14 sponsors

    0 primary, 14 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that the exception to the requirement of consents or surrenders for adoption for a person found by the court to be the father of the child as a result of criminal sexual abuse or assault applies when the sexual abuse or assault results in (i) a founded, cleared, or suspended police report, (ii) an indicated report of child sexual abuse as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act that involved sexual penetration of the mother, or (iii) a sworn affidavit provided by a licensed psychologist or a licensed social worker.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

6 added · 6 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes to Bill HB 3552 involve replacing certain lines that were originally included in the engrossed version with new lines in the enrolled version. This is a standard part of the legislative process, and it often signifies final adjustments to clarify language or address issues raised during discussions. The specific changes may refine the bill's provisions or ensure consistency with other related laws, which is important for effective implementation.

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HB3552 Engrossed LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b AN ACT concerning adoption.
HB3552 Enrolled LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b AN ACT concerning adoption.
____- __________________i_____________________s_____________ _s_____________________b______________________i_____________ _c_____________________a______________________m__________ _________________s________________________t___________ _n______________________u_____________________t_____________ _o_____________________d________________ (b) Where consents are required in the case of an adoption of a minor child, the consents of the following HB3552 Engrossed -2- LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b persons shall be sufficient:
____- __________________i_____________________s_____________ _s_____________________b______________________i_____________ _c_____________________a______________________m__________ _________________s________________________t___________ _n______________________u_____________________t_____________ _o_____________________d________________ (b) Where consents are required in the case of an adoption of a minor child, the consents of the following HB3552 Enrolled -2- LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b persons shall be sufficient:
(I) the HB3552 Engrossed -3- LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b payment by the father toward the support of the child of a fair and reasonable sum, according to the father's means, and either (II) the father's visiting the child at least monthly when physically and financially able to do so and not prevented from doing so by the person or authorized agency having lawful custody of the child, or (III) the father's regular communication with the child or with the person or agency having the care or custody of the child, when physically and financially unable to visit the child or prevented from doing so by the person or authorized agency having lawful custody of the child.
(I) the HB3552 Enrolled -3- LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b payment by the father toward the support of the child of a fair and reasonable sum, according to the father's means, and either (II) the father's visiting the child at least monthly when physically and financially able to do so and not prevented from doing so by the person or authorized agency having lawful custody of the child, or (III) the father's regular communication with the child or with the person or agency having the care or custody of the child, when physically and financially unable to visit the child or prevented from doing so by the person or authorized agency having lawful custody of the child.
or (2) The legal guardian of the person of the child, HB3552 Engrossed -4- LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b if there is no surviving parent;
or (2) The legal guardian of the person of the child, HB3552 Enrolled -4- LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b if there is no surviving parent;
or (iii) in the case of a child placed with the adopting parents less than 6 months after birth, openly lived with the child, the child's biological mother, or both, and held himself out to be the child's biological father during the first 30 days HB3552 Engrossed -5- LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b following the birth of a child;
or (iii) in the case of a child placed with the adopting parents less than 6 months after birth, openly lived with the child, the child's biological mother, or both, and held himself out to be the child's biological father during the first 30 days HB3552 Enrolled -5- LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b following the birth of a child;
or HB3552 Engrossed -6- LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b (vi) in the case of a child placed with the adopting parents more than six months after birth, openly lived with the child for a period of six months within the one year period immediately preceding the placement of the child for adoption and openly held himself out to be the father of the child;
or HB3552 Enrolled -6- LRB093 09879 LCB 10127 b (vi) in the case of a child placed with the adopting parents more than six months after birth, openly lived with the child for a period of six months within the one year period immediately preceding the placement of the child for adoption and openly held himself out to be the father of the child;
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0510

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2004

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan

  6. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks

  7. Passed Both Houses

  8. Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

  9. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  10. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

  11. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh

  12. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link

  13. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama

  14. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon

  15. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Miguel del Valle

  16. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Denny Jacobs

  17. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  18. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen

  19. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett

  20. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  21. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz

  22. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003

  23. Second Reading

  24. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003

  25. Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000

  26. Sponsor Removed Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  27. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  28. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon

  29. Assigned to Judiciary

  30. Referred to Rules

  31. First Reading

  32. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  33. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

  34. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks

  35. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 20, 2003

  36. Arrive in Senate

  37. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000

  38. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

  39. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles

  40. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller

  41. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo

  42. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  43. Second Reading - Short Debate

  44. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey

  45. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  46. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 018-000-000

  47. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote

  48. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

  49. Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

  50. Referred to Rules Committee

  51. First Reading

  52. Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham

  53. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios

Sponsors

  • Maria Antonia Berrios · Cosponsor
  • Don Harmon · Cosponsor
  • Antonio Munoz · Cosponsor
  • Susan Garrett · Cosponsor
  • Carol Ronen · Cosponsor
  • Rickey R. Hendon · Cosponsor
  • Barack Obama · Cosponsor
  • Terry Link · Cosponsor
  • Ira I. Silverstein · Cosponsor
  • James T. Meeks · Cosponsor
  • John M. Sullivan · Cosponsor
  • Jr. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh · Cosponsor
  • Paul Jacobs · Cosponsor
  • del Valle · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 14 co-sponsors · 169 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (14)

Not signed on (169)

169 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 57 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49002
Democrat 7000
Republican 1000
Total 57002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Soden — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Obama — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Watson — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Link — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Munoz — Not Voting
Meeks — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Woolard — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Not Voting
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 113 Yea · 1 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 102103
Democrat 8001
Republican 3000
Total 113104
% of votes cast 96%1%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Scully — Yea
Slone — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Washington — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Madigan — Not Voting
Acevedo — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Nay
Boland — Yea
May — Not Voting
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Brunsvold — Yea
Munson — Yea
Hartke — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Novak — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Parke — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Pihos — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Brady — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Forby — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Giles — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Krause — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Kurtz — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Millner — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Howard — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Watson — Yea
Myers — Yea
Jones — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
O'Brien — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Davis, Steve — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Soto — Yea
Tenhouse — Yea
Turner — Yea
Wait — Yea
Winters — Yea
Wirsing — Yea
Capparelli — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
Daniels — Not Voting
Holbrook — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Younge — Yea
Poe — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Not Voting
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 3552 do?
Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that the exception to the requirement of consents or surrenders for adoption for a person found by the court to be the father of the child as a result of criminal sexual abuse or assault applies when the sexual abuse or assault results in (i) a founded, cleared, or suspended police report, (ii) an indicated report of child sexual abuse as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act that involved sexual penetration of the mother, or (iii) a sworn affidavit provided by a licensed psychologist or a licensed social worker.
Who sponsors HB 3552?
HB 3552 is sponsored by Maria Antonia Berrios, Don Harmon (Democrat), Antonio Munoz, Susan Garrett, Carol Ronen, Rickey R. Hendon, Barack Obama, Terry Link, Ira I. Silverstein, James T. Meeks, John M. Sullivan, Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. (Democrat), Paul Jacobs (Republican), and del Valle.
What is the current status of HB 3552?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2003. Enacted.
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