Bill: SB2032 (LRB10412123KTG22222b)
State: Illinois
Sponsor: Sen. Celina Villanueva
Statute amended: 325 ILCS 5/3 (Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act)
Introduced: 02/06/2025
Note on source material: the file supplied includes conflicting metadata (an initial header referencing a Mississippi electronic court access bill and a status line that says “Died In Committee”). This summary is based on the bill text provided, which is an Illinois amendment to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. The legislative-history entries in the document are also inconsistent (some entries show final passage and gubernatorial approval while another line shows “Died In Committee”). Verify final status on the official Illinois General Assembly website.
Purpose / intent
- To revise and clarify definitions in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, principally to expand and specify who may be considered a perpetrator of child abuse and to refine related definitions used to determine abuse or neglect.
Key provisions and changes
- Expands the definition of “abused child” to explicitly identify potential perpetrators as:
- a child’s parent;
- a parent’s paramour; or
- any other person aged 14 or older who is responsible for the child’s welfare, is an immediate family member, or resides in the same home as the child.
- Clarifies/updates several definitions used in the Act:
- “Child” — any person under age 18 (unless emancipated by marriage or military service).
- “Adult resident” — a person 18–22 years old residing in a facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969; the Act’s abuse/neglect criteria apply to such residents.
- “Agency” — includes child care facilities licensed under specified sections and transitional living programs that accept children and adult residents under Department guardianship.
- “Blatant disregard” — expanded to cover failures by agency staff to perform job responsibilities that protect children/adult residents, and agency-level failures to implement precautionary measures to protect health and welfare (language in the text is revised and more specific to institutional responsibility).
- Reiterates that specified harms constitute abuse: nonaccidental physical injury; substantial risk of injury; sex offenses (treating definitions to include persons under 18); torture; excessive corporal punishment (and prohibiting corporal punishment by persons working in an agency in their professional capacity); female genital mutilation; distribution of controlled substances to minors; involuntary servitude/trafficking; and grooming.
- Retains existing carve-outs (e.g., relinquishment under the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act) and provisions about newborns with controlled substances, while adjusting related language.
Who would be affected
- Children and “adult residents” in licensed child-care and transitional living facilities.
- Parents, paramours, household members, immediate family members, and any persons aged 14+ with responsibility for a child.
- Child-care agencies and staff (expanded duties and potential liability for “blatant disregard” or for using corporal punishment in professional roles).
- Department of Children and Family Services, local law enforcement, mandated reporters, and juvenile/child welfare systems — potentially increased reporting, investigations, and protective actions.
Procedural / timeline notes
- Text version dated LRB10412123KTG22222b; introduced 02/06/2025 by Sen. Villanueva.
- Related/companion measures: HB 4130 and HB 5361.
- The document includes conflicting legislative-action entries (ranging from committee death to signatures and effective dates). Before relying on the bill as law or acted upon, check the Illinois General Assembly bill page for SB2032 for the authoritative current status and effective date.
