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HB5489 - 104th General Assembly

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-JUVENILES
Last Action
5/14/2026 - Senate: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
750 ILCS 60/304from Ch. 40, par. 2313-4
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that whenever a law enforcement officer has reason to believe a person is a victim under the Act from a family or household member, if the alleged offender is a juvenile, the officer may, based on the totality of the circumstances and using the abbreviated version of the Adolescent Domestic Battery Typology Tool created by the Kane County State's Attorney's Office, choose not to arrest the juvenile and instead may divert the juvenile or may assist the juvenile and the juvenile's family in finding alternative placement.

House Floor Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Deletes the requirement that the law enforcement officer must use the Adolescent Domestic Battery Typology Tool in the investigation of a juvenile who has alleged abused a family or household member in deciding whether to divert the juvenile or assist the juvenile and the juvenile's family in finding alternative placement. Deletes the requirement that if the law enforcement officer does not make an arrest under the Act, the officer must forward the report of the incident to the State's Attorney's office for review.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1
Adds an immediate effective date.
Actions
Date Chamber Action
2/06/2026 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Matt Hanson
2/13/2026 House First Reading
2/13/2026 House Referred to Rules Committee
3/04/2026 House Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
3/26/2026 House Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000
3/27/2026 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2026 House Second Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2026 House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/16/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Matt Hanson
4/16/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
4/16/2026 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
4/17/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
4/17/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000
4/17/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
4/17/2026 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/17/2026 House Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000
4/17/2026 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
4/21/2026 Senate Arrive in Senate
4/21/2026 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/21/2026 Senate Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
4/21/2026 Senate First Reading
4/21/2026 Senate Referred to Assignments
4/28/2026 Senate Assigned to Criminal Law
5/06/2026 Senate Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000
5/06/2026 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026
5/07/2026 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
5/07/2026 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
5/07/2026 Senate Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
5/12/2026 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
5/13/2026 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 010-000-000
5/14/2026 Senate Second Reading
5/14/2026 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; DeWitte
5/14/2026 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026
5/14/2026 Senate Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner