ABUSED CHILD RPT ACT-DEFINITON Senate SponsorsSen. William R. Haine House Sponsors(Rep. Rita Mayfield) 7/13/2012SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0803 325 ILCS 5/3from Ch. 23, par. 2053Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Expands the definition of the term "neglected child" to include any child who is subjected to an environment injurious to his or her health and welfare. Effective immediately.Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause and reinserts similar provisions with the following changes: Expands the definition of the term "neglected child" to include any child who is subjected to an environment which is injurious insofar as (i) the child's environment creates a likelihood of harm to the child's health, physical well-being, or welfare and (ii) the likely harm to the child is the result of a blatant disregard of parent or caretaker responsibilities (rather than any child who is subjected to an environment injurious to his or her health and welfare). Defines the term "blatant disregard" to mean an incident where the real, significant, and imminent risk of harm would be so obvious to a reasonable parent or caretaker that it is unlikely that a reasonable parent or caretaker would have exposed the child to the danger without exercising precautionary measures to protect the child from harm. Effective immediately. 1/24/2012SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine 1/24/2012SenateFirst Reading 1/24/2012SenateReferred to Assignments 1/31/2012SenateAssigned to Judiciary 2/7/2012SenatePostponed - Judiciary 2/24/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine 2/24/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 2/27/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary 2/28/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary 2/28/2012SenatePostponed - Judiciary 3/1/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine 3/1/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments 3/6/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary 3/6/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted 3/7/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary 3/7/2012SenateDo Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 3/7/2012SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2012 3/8/2012SenateSecond Reading 3/8/2012SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2012 3/9/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments 3/22/2012SenateThird Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 3/22/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) 3/22/2012HouseArrived in House 3/30/2012HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield 3/30/2012HousePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading 3/30/2012HouseFirst Reading 3/30/2012HouseReferred to Rules Committee 4/10/2012HouseAssigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee 4/18/2012HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 008-000-000 4/18/2012HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 4/24/2012HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 4/24/2012HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 4/26/2012HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 4/26/2012SenatePassed Both Houses 5/25/2012SenateSent to the Governor 7/13/2012SenateGovernor Approved 7/13/2012SenateEffective Date July 13, 2012 7/13/2012SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0803