Illinois House Bill 3881 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Adds religious institutions to the term description of "child welfare agency" so that it now includes agencies established by a political subdivision to protect, guard, train or care for children outside their own homes and all agencies, persons, groups of persons, associations, organizations, corporations, institutions, religious institutions, centers, or groups providing adoption services. Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that a church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or other religious institution that is an agency providing adoption services as defined in Section 2.24 of the Child Care Act of 1969 and that is licensed as a child welfare agency as defined in Section 2.08 of the Child Care Act of 1969 may adopt faith-based policies and practices relating to the placement of children for adoption which provide for the placement of a child with a prospective adoptive parent who holds the same religious beliefs as those held by that religious institution, while maintaining the welfare of the child as the primary consideration in the placement.

ADOPTION-FAITH BASED

Rep. Shane Cultra [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-03		Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2009-04-01		Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2009-04-01		Second Reading - Short Debate
2009-03-12		Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2009-03-12		Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption Reform Committee; 003-001-001
2009-03-10		Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed 067-040-004
2009-03-10		Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
2009-03-10		Re-assigned to Adoption Reform Committee
2009-03-03		Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2009-02-26		Referred to Rules Committee
2009-02-26		First Reading
2009-02-26		Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Shane Cultra

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3881&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=76&GA=96
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/09600HB3881.htm