The legislation was introduced in bill HB2118 on Feb. 2, 2017, when Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Survivor Support and Trafficking Prevention Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code".
After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on April 10, 2019, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 23, 2019. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 9, 2019. The law went into effect immediately.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB2118.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/2/2017 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin |
| 2/3/2017 | House | First Reading |
| 2/3/2017 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/22/2017 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 3/29/2017 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 |
| 3/29/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate *** |
| 4/26/2017 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/26/2017 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate *** |
| 9/28/2017 | House | Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/8/2019 | House | Session Sine Die |
| 2/6/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo |
| 3/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Human Services Committee; 019-000-000 |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/22/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/22/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 3/26/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Human Services Committee |
| 3/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 4/1/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/1/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen |
| 4/9/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Human Services Committee |
| 4/9/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Appropriations-Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 |
| 4/10/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled |
| 4/10/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2019 |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Human Services |
| 4/30/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 |
| 6/21/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Effective Date August 9, 2019 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0246 |
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