Illinois 94th Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 1469 — CHILD CARE-ADOPTION ADVERTISMT

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 94th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Prohibits a licensed child welfare agency that places children for the purposes of adoption from including in any published advertisement for the agency language that offers free medical care, housing, clothing, or transportation or makes any other offer of services that the Department may reasonably construe to be an inducement or offer for compensation for making a child available for placement with the child welfare agency.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

20 added · 28 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes to SB 1469 clarify that only licensed child care facilities and child welfare agencies can advertise their services, and they must be careful not to imply any inducement for parents to place their children for adoption. Specifically, if an agency mentions free services like medical care or housing in their ads, they must make it clear that these offers come with no obligation to adopt, preventing any misconceptions about what is expected from birth parents. This amendment is important as it aims to protect vulnerable families from being pressured or misled in the adoption process.

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*LRB09406589RAS36680b* SB1469 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2006 SB1469 Introduced 2/23/2005, by Sen.
SB1469 Engrossed LRB094 06589 RAS 36680 b AN ACT concerning regulation.
Donne E.
Trotter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 10/12 from Ch.
23, par.
2222 Amends the Child Care Act of 1969.
Prohibits a licensed child welfare any published advertisement for the agency language that offers freeing in medical care, housing, clothing, or transportation or makes any other offer of services that the Department may reasonably construe to be an inducement or offer for compensation for making a child available for placement with the child welfare agency.
LRB094 06589 RAS 36680 b A BILL FOR SB1469 LRB094 06589 RAS 36680 b AN ACT concerning regulation.
A licensed child welfare agency that places children for the purposes of adoption may not include in any published advertisement for the agency language that offers free medical care, housing, clothing, or transportation or makes any other offer of services that the Department may reasonably construe to be an inducement or offer for compensation for making a child available for placement with the child welfare agency.
Only child care facilities or child welfare agencies licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Department may publish advertisements for the services that the facility or agency is specifically licensed for or issued a permit under this Act to provide.
This paragraph does not prohibit a child welfare agency from advertising counseling and casework services.
A licensed child welfare agency that places children for the purposes of adoption may not include in any published advertisement for the agency language that offers free medical care, housing, clothing, or transportation or any other offer of services, unless the advertisement also indicates that these services are provided with no obligation on the part of the birth parent to make an adoption plan.
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Nothing in the advertisement shall include any information that the Department may reasonably construe to be an inducement or offer for compensation in return for making a child available for placement with a child welfare agency.
This paragraph shall not prohibit a child welfare agency from advertising counseling and casework services.
SB1469 Engrossed - 2 - LRB094 06589 RAS 36680 b (Source:
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  3. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee

  4. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

  5. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  6. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

  7. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005

  8. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  9. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  10. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

  11. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  12. Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate

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

  14. Second Reading - Short Debate

  15. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  16. Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption Reform; 006-000-000

  17. Assigned to Adoption Reform

  18. Referred to Rules Committee

  19. First Reading

  20. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

  21. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  22. Arrived in House

  23. Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000

  24. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  25. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2005

  26. Second Reading

  27. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005

  28. Do Pass as Amended Health & Human Services; 010-000-000

  29. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  30. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services

  31. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  32. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter

  33. Postponed - Health & Human Services

  34. Assigned to Health & Human Services

  35. Referred to Rules

  36. First Reading

  37. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter

Sponsors

  • Donne E. Trotter · Cosponsor

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Donne E. Trotter

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 55 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49004
Democrat 5000
Republican 1000
Total 55004
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Link — Yea
Brady — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Not Voting
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Not Voting
Wilhelmi — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Not Voting
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Not Voting
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1469 do?
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Prohibits a licensed child welfare agency that places children for the purposes of adoption from including in any published advertisement for the agency language that offers free medical care, housing, clothing, or transportation or makes any other offer of services that the Department may reasonably construe to be an inducement or offer for compensation for making a child available for placement with the child welfare agency.
Who sponsors SB 1469?
SB 1469 is sponsored by Donne E. Trotter.
What is the current status of SB 1469?
This bill died with 94th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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