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SB 1746 Illinois Senate · 100th Regular Session

DCFS-FICTIVE KIN

Summary
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Changes the definition of "fictive kin" to mean an individual, unrelated by birth or marriage, who: (i) is shown to have significant and close (rather than close) personal or emotional ties with the child or the child's family prior to the child's placement with the individual; or (ii) is the current foster parent of a child in the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services, if the child has been placed in the home (rather than placed in the home for at least one year) and has established a significant and family-like relationship with the foster parent. Effective immediately.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
House Passage
May 2017
Signed into Law
Aug 2017
Introduced Apr 27, 2017 Signed Aug 11, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Apr 27, 2017 · House May 19, 2017

How they voted

49–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 51
Apr 27, 2017
D Democratic31
29 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Aug 11, 2017
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 19, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 19, 2017
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (86-0-19)
house
May 17, 2017
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 010-000-000
lower
May 9, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Human Services Committee
lower
Apr 27, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 27, 2017
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 27, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-0-2)
senate
Mar 15, 2017
Upper · Passed
Do Pass as Amended Human Services; 006-000-000
upper
Mar 14, 2017
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
upper
Mar 14, 2017
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Services
upper
Mar 10, 2017
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 10, 2017
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose
upper
Feb 28, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Human Services
upper
Feb 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.