HB 4539104th
bill
104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill
HB 4539
DCFS-MINIMUM AGE-PERPETRATOR
In committee Last action April 10, 2026: Referred to Assignments
Official bill page and text: ilga.gov
Sponsors 2
- Prime sponsors
- Barbara Hernandez, Celina Villanueva
Status
In committee as of April 10, 2026. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Adoption and Child Welfare (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 2
April 8, 2026House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed102-2
yes (102) Mussman, Grasse, Ness, Guerrero-Cuellar, Andrade, Niemerg, Guzzardi, Avelar, Olickal, Haas, Benton, Ortíz, Halbrook, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Briel, Reick, Hanson, Buckner, Rita, Harper, Bunting, Hauter, Cabello, Ryan, Hernandez, Barbara, Canty, Sanalitro, Cassidy, Scherer, Hernandez, Norma, Chung, Schmidt, Hirschauer, Cochran, Schweizer, Hoffman, Coffey, Severin, Crawford, Sheehan, Jacobs, Crespo, Slaughter, Jiménez, Croke, Smith, Johnson, Sosnowski, Jones, Spain, Katz Muhl, Davis, Lisa, Stava, Davis, Will, Stephens, Deering, Stuart, Kifowit, DeLaRosa, Swanson, La Ha, Syed, LaPointe, DeLuca, Lilly, Deuter, Tipsword, Mah, Didech, Ugaste, Manley, Du Buclet, Vella, Elik, Walsh, Mayfield, Weaver, McCombie, Faver Dias, Weber, McLaughlin, West, Meier, Friess, Wilhour, Meyers-Martin, Fritts, Williams, Ann, Miller, Gabel, Moeller, Gill, Windhorst, Moore, Gong-Gershowitz, Yang Rohr, Morgan, González, Welch, Morris, Gordon-Booth
no (2) Ammons, Davis, Jed
excused (8) Hammond, Rosenthal, Hernandez, Lisa, Huynh, Davidsmeyer, Kelly, Delgado, Evans
not voting (5) Keicher, Tarver, Mason, Williams, Jawaharial, Grant
other (1) Ford
March 18, 2026House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed12-0
yes (12) Davis, Jed, Crawford, Michael, Deering, Regan, Davis, Lisa, Hernandez, Barbara, DeLaRosa, Margaret A, LaPointe, Lindsey, La Ha, Nicole, Ness, Suzanne M, Mussman, Michelle, Reick, Steven, Olickal, Kevin John
Timeline 22
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 10, 2026 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| April 10, 2026 | Senate | First Reading |
| April 10, 2026 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva |
| April 10, 2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| April 10, 2026 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| April 8, 2026 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-002-001 |
| April 7, 2026 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| April 7, 2026 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| April 7, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted |
| March 25, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 |
| March 24, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| March 24, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| March 19, 2026 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| March 18, 2026 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000 |
| March 18, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; by Voice Vote |
| March 18, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee |
| February 20, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| February 20, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| February 11, 2026 | House | Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee |
| January 30, 2026 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| January 30, 2026 | House | First Reading |
| January 22, 2026 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: ilga.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.