COURT GRANDPARENT AWARE TRAING
Summary
Creates the Court Grandparent Awareness Training Act. Provides that the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall create an awareness training course that addresses and sensitizes judges and judicial personnel to the unique problems and issues faced by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Requires that all judges and judicial personnel attend initial training within 90 days after the effective date of the Act or within 90 days after their appointment or transfer or date of hire, as appropriate, as well as an annual in-service training. Establishes minimum guidelines for the training course content.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2005
Committee Review
Feb 2006
Senate Passage
Feb 2006
House Passage
Jan 2006
Signed into Law
Feb 2006
Introduced Apr 15, 2005
Signed Feb 14, 2006
Floor votes · Senate Feb 9, 2006 · House Jan 25, 2006
How they voted
24–20
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 47
Feb 9, 2006
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican22
90% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
86
Key actions
11
Committee
17
Amendments
11
Feb 14, 2006
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
Feb 9, 2006
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
Feb 9, 2006
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 031-024-001
upper
Feb 9, 2006
Upper · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 031-024-001
upper
Feb 8, 2006
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 008-004-001
upper
Feb 8, 2006
Upper · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 008-004-001
upper
Feb 8, 2006
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive
upper
Feb 8, 2006
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive
upper
Feb 2, 2006
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 2, 2006
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
upper
Jan 31, 2006
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01,02-February 1, 2006
upper
Jan 31, 2006
Introduced
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01,02
upper
Jan 25, 2006
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted 062-051-001
lower
Jan 25, 2006
Introduced
Chair Rules that the Bill and Amendment are in Order
lower
Jan 25, 2006
Introduced
Representative Churchill moves that the Bill and Amendment are not in Order
lower
Jan 25, 2006
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (47-45-4)
house
Jan 18, 2006
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 008-006-000
lower
Jan 18, 2006
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
lower
Jan 18, 2006
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Jan 18, 2006
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
lower
Oct 26, 2005
Introduced
Judicial Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black; As Amended
lower
Oct 25, 2005
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Standard Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 008-006-000
lower
Oct 25, 2005
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
Oct 25, 2005
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
lower
Oct 18, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
lower
May 13, 2005
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 27, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
lower
Apr 26, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 15, 2005
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Mar 16, 2005
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
upper
Mar 2, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Feb 24, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
0 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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