# Illinois HB5099: DEC-DAY CARE CRIMINAL CHECKS Illinois HB5099, DEC-DAY CARE CRIMINAL CHECKS, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-07-31 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0692) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5099-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB5099 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: DEC-DAY CARE CRIMINAL CHECKS - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-05 - Last action: 2026-07-31, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0692 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: child care accessibility & early childhood education, assignments, education - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (197 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary Amends the Department of Early Childhood Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2026, the authority and responsibility to conduct a fingerprint-based criminal history check on providers of day care at day care centers, part day child care facilities, day care homes, and group day care homes shall transfer to the Department of Early Childhood from the Department of Children and Family Services. Provides that the Department shall require that each day care license applicant and each applicant, employee, and volunteer of a licensed day care facility to authorize an investigation to determine if such applicant, employee, or volunteer has ever been charged with a crime and if so, the disposition of those charges. Contains provisions on the submission of such persons' fingerprints to the Illinois State Police to be checked for a fee against State and federal criminal history record databases. Provides that any conviction information obtained during the criminal history records checks shall be provided, upon request, to the applicant, employee, and volunteer. Contains provisions on the probationary hiring of employees or volunteers authorizing a criminal background investigation. Makes conforming changes to the Child Care Act of 1969. Effective July 1, 2026. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Privacy and correction rights for applicants: benefit, low. Criminal records reported to Illinois State Police stay confidential unless state or federal law expressly allows release. Care organizations may use check results only internally to assess applicants; FBI records cannot go beyond authorized agencies or organizations. Police must tell applicants in… - Day care workers can start provisionally: benefit, low. Day care centers, homes, and group homes can provisionally hire employees or volunteers who authorize background checks. Applicants need qualifying FBI fingerprint results, or qualifying Illinois fingerprint results plus checks from every residence state during the past 5 years. Until all checks fi… - Care worker checks with capped fees: mixed, medium. Illinois State Police must run state and FBI checks when qualified care organizations submit requests, signed permission, and fingerprints. Covered organizations serve children, older adults, or people with disabilities; applicants include workers, volunteers, license applicants, and contractors. F… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Jason Plummer (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Joyce Mason (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie A. Morrison (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sharon Chung (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-21 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 59 | 0 | | | 2026-05-06 | Senate | Do Pass Education; | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 112 | 0 | | | 2026-03-26 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (34) - 2026-07-31: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0692 (House) - 2026-07-31: Effective Date July 1, 2027; some provisions effective (House) - 2026-07-31: Effective Date July 31, 2026; some provisions effective (House) - 2026-07-31: Governor Approved (House) - 2026-06-18: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2026-05-21: Passed Both Houses (House) - 2026-05-21: Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer (Senate) - 2026-05-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** (Senate) - 2026-05-14: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-14: Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Do Pass Education; 014-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-04-28: Assigned to Education (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-16: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung (House) - 2026-04-15: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 (House) - 2026-04-15: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-10: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-10: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-26: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-26: Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 012-000-000 (House) - 2026-03-26: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; by Voice Vote (House) - 2026-03-20: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education (House) - 2026-03-18: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-03-18: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason (House) - 2026-03-12: Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education (House) - 2026-02-10: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-10: First Reading (House) - 2026-02-05: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5099eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5099enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5099ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5099.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/10400HB5099eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5099enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5099ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5099.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-HB5099-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).