# Illinois HB4539: DCFS-MINIMUM AGE-PERPETRATOR Illinois HB4539, DCFS-MINIMUM AGE-PERPETRATOR, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-04-10 (Referred to Assignments) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4539-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB4539 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: DCFS-MINIMUM AGE-PERPETRATOR - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-22 - Last action: 2026-04-10, Referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: adoption & child welfare, assignments - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (119 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In the definition of "abused child", changes the list of persons who may be considered a perpetrator of abuse to include a child's parent, a parent's paramour, or any other person 14 years of age or older who is either responsible for the child's welfare, is an immediate family member, or resides in the same home as the child. Provides that, if the Department of Children and Family Services does not accept an abuse or neglect report for investigation on the sole basis that the alleged perpetrator is another person in the household under the age of 14, then the Department shall consider if there is reasonable cause to suspect that the alleged maltreatment is the result of blatant disregard on the part of an adult or agency who is an eligible perpetrator. Provides that, if so, the Department shall accept a report alleging abuse or neglect identifying the adult or agency as the alleged perpetrator. Permits the Department to also consider whether a child welfare service referral would be appropriate. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Barbara Hernandez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Celina Villanueva (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-08 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 102 | 2 | 1 | | 2026-03-25 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-03-18 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2026-04-10: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-10: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-08: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-002-001 (House) - 2026-04-07: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-07: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted (House) - 2026-03-25: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 (House) - 2026-03-24: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-03-24: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez (House) - 2026-03-19: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-18: Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000 (House) - 2026-03-18: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; by Voice Vote (House) - 2026-03-18: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee (House) - 2026-02-20: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-20: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez (House) - 2026-02-11: Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee (House) - 2026-01-30: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-01-30: First Reading (House) - 2026-01-22: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4539eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4539ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4539ham002.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4539.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4539eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4539ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4539ham002.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4539.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4539-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).