SB 31104th
bill
104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · State Senate bill
SB 31
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Sent to Governor Last action August 1, 2025: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0066
Official bill page and text: ilga.gov
Sponsors 12
- Prime sponsors
- Julie A. Morrison, Margaret Croke
- Cosponsors (10)
- Graciela Guzmán, Javier L. Cervantes, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Katie Stuart, Lakesia Collins, Laura M. Murphy, Mary Edly-Allen, Nicole La Ha, Paul Faraci, Terra Costa Howard
Status
Sent to Governor as of August 1, 2025. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Adoption and Child Welfare, Senate Child Welfare (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 4
May 20, 2025House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed114-0
yes (114) Mussman, Guerrero-Cuellar, Ammons, Ness, Guzzardi, Andrade, Niemerg, Haas, Avelar, Olickal, Halbrook, Benton, Ortíz, Aarón, Hammond, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Hanson, Briel, Reick, Harper, Buckner, Rita, Hauter, Bunting, Rosenthal, Hernandez, Barbara, Cabello, Ryan, Hernandez, Lisa, Canty, Sanalitro, Hernandez, Norma, Cassidy, Chung, Schmidt, Hoffman, Coffey, Schweizer, Huynh, Costa Howard, Severin, Jacobs, Crawford, Sheehan, Jiménez, Crespo, Slaughter, Johnson, Croke, Smith, Davidsmeyer, Sosnowski, Katz Muhl, Davis, Jed, Spain, Keicher, Davis, Lisa, Stava-Murray, Kelly, Davis, Will, Stephens, Kifowit, Deering, Stuart, La Ha, Delgado, Swanson, LaPointe, DeLuca, Lilly, Deuter, Tarver, Mah, Didech, Tipsword, Manley, Du Buclet, Ugaste, Mason, Elik, Vella, Mayfield, Evans, Walsh, McCombie, Faver Dias, Weaver, McLaughlin, Ford, Weber, Meier, Friess, West, Meyers-Martin, Fritts, Wilhour, Miller, Gabel, Williams, Ann, Moeller, Gill, Williams, Jawaharial, Moore, Gong-Gershowitz, Windhorst, Morgan, González, Edgar, Yang Rohr, Morris, Gordon-Booth, Welch, Moylan, Grant, Grasse
excused (4) Scherer, Hirschauer, Jones, Syed
April 29, 2025House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed12-0
yes (12) Crawford, Michael, Costa Howard, Terra, Davis, Jed, Croke, Margaret, Deering, Regan, Davis, Lisa, LaPointe, Lindsey, La Ha, Nicole, Ness, Suzanne M, Mussman, Michelle, Reick, Steven, Olickal, Kevin John
April 9, 2025State SenateThird ReadingPassed56-0
yes (56) Simmons, Joyce, Faraci, Anderson, Sims, Koehler, Feigenholtz, Stadelman, Lewis, Fine, Arellano, L., Syverson, Lightford, Fowler, Balkema, Tracy, Loughran Cappel, Glowiak Hilton, Belt, Turner, D., Martwick, Guzmán, Bryant, Turner, S., McClure, Halpin, Castro, Ventura, Morrison, Harris, N., Cervantes, Villa, Murphy, Harriss, E., Chesney, Villanueva, Peters, Hastings, Collins, Villivalam, Plummer, Hills, Cunningham, Walker, Porfirio, Holmes, Curran, Wilcox, Preston, DeWitte, Harmon, Rezin, Johnson, Edly-Allen, Rose, Ellman
February 4, 2025State SenateDo PassPassed9-0
yes (9) Edly-Allen, Mary, Collins, Lakesia, Lewis, Seth, Johnson, Adriane, Turner, Doris, Sims Jr., Elgie R, Ventura, Rachel, Turner, Sally J, Villa, Karina
Timeline 36
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2025 | Senate | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0066 |
| August 1, 2025 | Senate | Effective Date January 1, 2026 |
| August 1, 2025 | Senate | Governor Approved |
| June 18, 2025 | Senate | Sent to the Governor |
| May 20, 2025 | Senate | Passed Both Houses |
| May 20, 2025 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 |
| May 20, 2025 | House | Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart |
| May 20, 2025 | House | Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha |
| May 20, 2025 | House | Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| May 20, 2025 | House | Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard |
| May 13, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| May 13, 2025 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| May 13, 2025 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen |
| April 30, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| April 29, 2025 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000 |
| April 17, 2025 | House | Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee |
| April 9, 2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| April 9, 2025 | House | First Reading |
| April 9, 2025 | House | Chief House Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke |
| April 9, 2025 | House | Arrived in House |
| April 9, 2025 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 |
| April 9, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading |
| April 4, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** |
| March 28, 2025 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán |
| March 19, 2025 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes |
| February 27, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2025 |
| February 27, 2025 | Senate | Second Reading |
| February 26, 2025 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci |
| February 19, 2025 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| February 5, 2025 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins |
| February 5, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2025 |
| February 5, 2025 | Senate | Do Pass Child Welfare; 009-000-000 |
| January 22, 2025 | Senate | Assigned to Child Welfare |
| January 13, 2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| January 13, 2025 | Senate | First Reading |
| January 13, 2025 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: ilga.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.