Illinois House Bill 1591

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)
Status: Passed on June 9 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0021
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act by repealing all of the following provisions: (i) no marriage shall be contracted in this State by a party residing and intending to continue to reside in another state or jurisdiction if the marriage would be void if contracted in the other state or jurisdiction, and every marriage celebrated in this State in violation of that provision is null and void; (ii) before issuing a license to marry a person who resides and intends to continue to reside in another state, the officer having authority to issue the license shall satisfy himself by requiring affidavits or otherwise that the person is not prohibited from intermarrying by the laws of the jurisdiction where the person resides; and (iii) an official issuing a marriage license with knowledge that the parties are prohibited from marrying and a person authorized to solemnize marriages who knowingly solemnizes such a marriage are guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

MARRIAGE-PROHIBITIONS-REPEAL

Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. Lamont Robinson [D]	Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]	Rep. Dagmara Avelar [D]
Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D]	Rep. Norma Hernandez [D]	Rep. Lilian Jimenez [D]	Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]
Rep. Hoan Huynh [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]	Rep. Mary Canty [D]	Rep. Kevin Olickal [D]
Rep. Terra Costa Howard [D]	Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]	Rep. Laura Faver Dias [D]	Rep. Joyce Mason [D]
Rep. Maura Hirschauer [D]	Rep. Janet Yang Rohr [D]	Rep. Eva Dina Delgado [D]	Rep. Ann Williams [D]
Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock [D]	Rep. Daniel Didech [D]	Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Rep. Carol Ammons [D]
Rep. Margaret Croke [D]	Sen. Mike Simmons [D]	Sen. Robert Martwick [D]

2023-05-04 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 49 N: 6 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-16 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 80 N: 23 NV: 9 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-06-09	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0021
2023-06-09	House	Effective Date January 1, 2024
2023-06-09	House	Governor Approved
2023-06-02	House	Sent to the Governor
2023-05-04	House	Passed Both Houses
2023-05-04	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 049-006-000
2023-04-20	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
2023-04-20	Senate	Second Reading
2023-04-19	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2023
2023-04-19	Senate	Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000
2023-04-12	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2023-03-28	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
2023-03-21	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-03-21	Senate	First Reading
2023-03-21	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
2023-03-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
2023-03-21	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
2023-03-21	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2023-03-16	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 080-023-000
2023-03-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2023-03-14	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-14	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2023-02-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
2023-02-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
2023-02-15	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2023-02-15	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
2023-02-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
2023-02-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
2023-02-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
2023-02-15	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 012-000-000
2023-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2023-02-09	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
2023-02-08	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
2023-02-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
2023-02-08	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
2023-02-08	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
2023-02-07	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2023-01-31	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-01-31	House	First Reading
2023-01-31	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
750	5	217	Repealed Code	Citation Text
750	5	218	Repealed Code	Citation Text
750	5	219	Repealed Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1591&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB1591.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB1591eng.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB1591enr.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/103/103-0021.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/103/house/10300HB1591_03162023_006000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/103/senate/10300HB1591_05042023_029000T.pdf