# Illinois SB1504: DCFS-YOUTH INDEPENDENCE GOAL Illinois SB1504, DCFS-YOUTH INDEPENDENCE GOAL, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Lakesia Collins (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-01 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0107); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1504-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB1504 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: DCFS-YOUTH INDEPENDENCE GOAL - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-04 - Last action: 2025-08-01, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0107 - Sponsor: Lakesia Collins (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 21 - Subjects: assignments, judiciary, adoption & child welfare - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (184 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to make reasonable efforts to develop a youth-driven transition plan for each youth in care aged 18 and over for whom the court has set a permanency goal of independence or home environment not appropriate. Requires the plan to address, at a minimum, the youth's housing, mental and physical health and well-being, financial stability, employment, education, connections to supportive adults and peers, transition to adult services, if applicable, and child care and parenting supports, if applicable. Requires the Department to make reasonable efforts to assist the youth in accomplishing the plan and to ensure the youth is aware of any post-case closure supports and services and how to access such supports and services. Requires the Department to assist a youth in care in obtaining a list of persons, with contact information, who are willing to provide the youth with support. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Require the court to conduct Successful Transition to Adulthood Review hearings for minors who are 18 years old and older for whom the court has entered a goal of independence or home environment not appropriate. Lists certain information the Department shall provide the court 14 days prior to the hearing as well as certain Department actions that are subject to the court's review. Provides that if the court finds the Department has failed to make reasonable efforts to assist the minor in developing a plan toward independence, the court may enter such orders it deems necessary to ensure the minor is prepared to achieve the goal of independence when the minor turns 21 years of age. Makes conforming changes. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Court reviews support youth entering adulthood: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, courts must hold Successful Transition to Adulthood Review (STAR) hearings for youth with an independence goal. These hearings also cover all youth age 17 or older in these cases, including those in DCFS juvenile-justice custody. The first hearing is due within six months of… - Continued help for youth leaving care: benefit, medium. DCFS must provide or arrange services for youth under 21 who qualify to have court wardship restored. Services help youth become self-supporting, even when restoring wardship is not sought or allowed. Youth must consent and work with their case manager to develop a service agreement. Services end a… - More help after adoption or guardianship: benefit, medium. DCFS must maintain accessible subsidized guardianship and adoption support services for qualifying children under age 18. Children must have been in DCFS custody or guardianship in child-protection cases immediately before adoption or guardianship. DCFS must operate a toll-free number, allow anonym… - More money for relative caregiver homes: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, certified relative caregiver homes qualify for at least the foster care payments licensed foster homes receive. Other relative homes qualify for at least 90% of that amount if neither certified nor licensed. Both rules cover children placed by Illinois DCFS. The law requires… - Youth gain planning for adult life: benefit, medium. DCFS must make reasonable efforts to develop youth-driven transition plans for youth in care age 15 or older. Plans belong in service plans and cover age-appropriate needs such as school, work, housing, health, money, and supportive relationships. DCFS must make reasonable efforts to help youth car… - Courts check life-skills help for youth: benefit, low. Courts must review DCFS's efforts to provide life skills suited to each youth's age and development. Courts can order service-plan changes or action when those efforts are not in the youth's best interest. For youth remaining in qualified residential treatment programs, DCFS must report life-skills… - More support and review for relatives: benefit, low. The law requires rules by July 1, 2025, for reconsidering denied relative caregiver certification, placement, or visits. Those rules must address children's best interests, competing relatives, and placement-change rules. DCFS must include kinship navigator services in applicable state plans and se… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Lakesia Collins (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Adriane L. Johnson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Celina Villanueva (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Cristina Castro (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Doris Turner (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Graciela Guzmán (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Javier L. Cervantes (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kimberly Du Buclet (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Laura Ellman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Li Arellano, Jr. (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lisa Davis (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mark L. Walker (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mary Edly-Allen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michael Crawford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mike Porfirio (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Simmons (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rachel Ventura (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert F. Martwick (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Peters (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Terra Costa Howard (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Willie Preston (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-21 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 111 | 0 | | | 2025-05-06 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2025-04-03 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 55 | 0 | | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (49) - 2025-08-01: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0107 (Senate) - 2025-08-01: Effective Date July 1, 2026 (Senate) - 2025-08-01: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2025-06-18: Sent to the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Passed Both Houses (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-16: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-16: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-12: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford (House) - 2025-05-08: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard (House) - 2025-05-08: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis (House) - 2025-05-07: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-06: Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 011-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-28: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee (House) - 2025-04-11: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-07: First Reading (House) - 2025-04-04: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet (House) - 2025-04-04: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-04-04: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 007-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lakesia Collins (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Postponed - Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Assigned to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-02-04: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lakesia Collins (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1504eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1504enr.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1504.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1504sam001.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/10400SB1504eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1504enr.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1504.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1504sam001.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-SB1504-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).