# Illinois SB0104: ADOPT-CONFIDENTIAL INTERMED Illinois SB0104, ADOPT-CONFIDENTIAL INTERMED, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-01 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0069); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB0104-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB0104 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: ADOPT-CONFIDENTIAL INTERMED - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-17 - Last action: 2025-08-01, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0069 - Sponsor: Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: assignments, judiciary, judiciary - civil - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (189 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that in request for a confidential intermediary by an adoptive parent or legal guardian of an adopted or surrendered person under the age of 21, the appointment of the confidential intermediary may include, for the purpose of exchanging medical information, identifying information or arranging contact with a mutually consenting adoptive parent or legal guardian of an adopted or surrendered person under the age of 21 who is biologically related to the petitioning adoptive parent's or legal guardian's adopted or surrendered child. Provides that the confidential intermediary shall disclose identifying information about the adult adopted or surrendered person that would have been reflected on the original filed certificate of birth under certain circumstances. Moves a provision regarding records a confidential intermediary has access to from a Section concerning the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange to a Section concerning confidential intermediaries. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Adoption searchers get repayment for noncompliance: benefit, medium. Adoption agencies must comply with court orders within 45 days. If a court finds an agency failed to meet its legal duties, it must repay all the petitioner's intermediary payments. The agency also owes a $1,000 civil penalty to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. After the cou… - Adoptive families can seek sibling connections: benefit, low. Adoptive parents or legal guardians can ask an Illinois court to appoint a confidential intermediary to seek sibling-family connections. The adopted or surrendered person and their birth sibling must both be under 21. The intermediary can seek identifying information or contact with the sibling's a… - Broader access to closed adoption records: benefit, low. The law replaces a narrower records-access rule with access for all eligible petitioners through a confidential intermediary. This covers closed child welfare agency records held in State Central Storage, subject to search and privacy limits. Some petitioners can also request details without names,… - More identifying information for adoption searches: benefit, low. The birth-certificate remedy lets intermediaries share identifying information about adult adopted or surrendered people, not just birth parents. Eligible petitioners include those adults and, after their death, their adult children, adult grandchildren, or surviving spouses. Petitioners must reque… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Ann M. Williams (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Li Arellano, Jr. (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-20 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 110 | 3 | | | 2025-04-23 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; | pass | 19 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 51 | 4 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (31) - 2025-08-01: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0069 (Senate) - 2025-08-01: Effective Date January 1, 2026 (Senate) - 2025-08-01: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2025-06-18: Sent to the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-20: Passed Both Houses (Senate) - 2025-05-20: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-003-000 (House) - 2025-05-16: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-16: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-23: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-23: Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 019-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-17: Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee (House) - 2025-04-09: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-09: First Reading (House) - 2025-04-09: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams (House) - 2025-04-09: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-04-09: Third Reading - Passed; 051-004-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr. (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Assigned to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-01-17: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0104eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0104enr.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0104.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0104sam001.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/SB/PDF/10400SB0104eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0104enr.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0104.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0104sam001.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-SB0104-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).