# Illinois SB3196: DCFS-YOUTH TRANSITIONS Illinois SB3196, DCFS-YOUTH TRANSITIONS, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Lakesia Collins (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-08-10 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0833); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3196-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB3196 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: DCFS-YOUTH TRANSITIONS - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-02-02 - Last action: 2026-08-10, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0833 - Sponsor: Lakesia Collins (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 16 - Subjects: assignments, judiciary, adoption & child welfare - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (194 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 11 ## Summary Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to establish rules concerning transition planning for youth aging out of care, requires the Department to consult with the Statewide Youth Advisory Board to determine the effectiveness of existing programs, to identify new programming that supports youth transitions to independence, and to advise on how information about transitional services is communicated to youth in a clear, timely, and age-appropriate manner. Requires the Department to develop, by July 1, 2027, procedures setting forth a process by which: (i) a youth or a youth's representative can request an accounting or explanation of financial decisions made by the Department or child welfare contributing agency for any monies held on behalf of the youth; and (ii) the Department or child welfare contributing agency acknowledges receipt of the request, provides a written response within a defined period, and outlines steps for review or correction when an error or dispute regarding the accounting is identified. Requires the Department to ensure that each youth in care, if applicable, receives age-appropriate financial guidance designed to build financial literacy and informed decision-making regarding the youth's Social Security benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits, veterans benefits, or Railroad Retirement benefits. Contains provisions on the development of tailored youth-driven transition plans; notification to youth on the location of necessary documents and any financial accounts open in their name; the development of a curriculum guided program for youth transitioning out of care; written and verbal notice on a youth's scheduled Successful Transition to Adulthood Review (STAR) hearings; requirements on residential treatment centers, group homes, transitional living programs, and the Department to ensure a youth's attendance at a scheduled STAR hearing; and other matters. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. In provisions concerning STAR hearings, requires the Department to allow a minor the opportunity to express to the court the minor's goals, preferences, and concerns regarding the minor's transition to independence. Requires the court to review and ensure the Department is in compliance with its statutory obligation to support the minor's meaningful engagement in STAR hearings. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More foster care pay for relatives: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, relative homes caring for children placed by DCFS can receive foster care maintenance payments. Certified relative homes must receive at least the amount paid to licensed foster homes. Other relative homes that are neither certified nor licensed must receive at least 90% of… - More support for guardianship and adoption: benefit, medium. DCFS must provide information and support services for children under 18 who were in DCFS custody or guardianship just before adoption or guardianship. A staffed toll-free number must answer requests within one business day, and service information must be shared and updated each year. By July 1, 2… - More planning for youth leaving care: benefit, medium. DCFS must make reasonable efforts to plan with each youth in care who is 15 or older. Plans address needs such as life skills, school, work, housing, health, money skills, documents, and supportive connections. Before a youth’s case closes, DCFS must help gather adult-life documents, including info… - More oversight of youth account money: benefit, low. DCFS must periodically verify accounts identified as belonging to a youth in care or held for that youth. A youth, parent, guardian, attorney, or guardian ad litem can ask DCFS for an accounting of money it holds, saves, or spends for the youth. The law does not set a verification schedule or respo… - More help for relative caregivers: benefit, low. DCFS must adopt rules by July 1, 2025, for a support program for relative caregivers. The program may repay or pay reasonable costs to make a home meet safety rules. DCFS may also provide short-term emergency money when adding a child in care causes extreme hardship. DCFS must seek federal funds fo… - Caregivers get children’s special education plans: benefit, low. When DCFS places a child who receives special education, it must share details of the child’s education plan with the caregiver, facility staff, or prospective adoptive parent. This gives the people responsible for the child access to information about the child’s school needs. - More court review of family connections: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, courts must review family-finding and relative-engagement plans and order changes when a plan is not in the minor’s best interest. For children in residential treatment, DCFS must report its family-finding efforts at status and permanency hearings. DCFS must also try to loca… - More youth input at transition hearings: benefit, low. The court must schedule a transition review hearing when a minor’s permanency goal is independence or the minor is at least 17. Youth must get a chance to share their goals and concerns, and the court must give their preferences considerable weight. DCFS must try to give eligible youth 10 days’ not… - Youth help shape child welfare policies: benefit, low. The Statewide Youth Advisory Board can review and recommend changes to DCFS rules and child-welfare policies, procedures, and training. The DCFS Director or a designee must seek the Board’s input on actions that materially affect current or former youth in foster care. When practical, the Board mus… - More court oversight of youth life skills: mixed, low. In permanency cases, DCFS must report efforts to help minors build age-appropriate life skills and report assessment results when available. Courts review those efforts and may order service-plan changes. But when a child remains in residential treatment, DCFS no longer has to include life-skills a… - Stricter checks for relative caregivers: mixed, low. Before approving certain nonlicensed relative caregivers who declined or were denied certification, DCFS must check abuse registries and run fingerprint-based background checks on adults in the home. Out-of-state registry checks are required when an adult lived in another state during the past 5 ye… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Lakesia Collins (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Graciela Guzmán (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kimberly Du Buclet (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Laura M. Murphy (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Li Arellano, Jr. (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mark L. Walker (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mary Edly-Allen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mattie Hunter (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michael Crawford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michelle Mussman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mike Porfirio (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Simmons (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rachel Ventura (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rita Mayfield (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Suzanne M. Ness (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-21 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 111 | 0 | | | 2026-05-05 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2026-04-14 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 54 | 0 | | | 2026-03-25 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Do Pass Judiciary; | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (46) - 2026-08-10: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0833 (Senate) - 2026-08-10: Effective Date January 1, 2027 (Senate) - 2026-08-10: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2026-06-30: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (Senate) - 2026-06-18: Sent to the Governor (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Passed Both Houses (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 (House) - 2026-05-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-05-19: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-05-08: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman (House) - 2026-05-07: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness (House) - 2026-05-07: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-05-05: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford (House) - 2026-05-05: Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000 (House) - 2026-04-30: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet (House) - 2026-04-27: Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee (House) - 2026-04-15: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-04-14: First Reading (House) - 2026-04-14: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield (House) - 2026-04-14: Arrived in House (House) - 2026-04-14: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr. (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-04-13: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate) - 2026-04-08: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (Senate) - 2026-03-27: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Collins (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Recalled to Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lakesia Collins (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Assigned to Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-02-02: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lakesia Collins (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3196eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3196enr.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3196.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3196sam001.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/10400SB3196eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3196enr.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3196.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3196sam001.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-SB3196-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).