Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0021 [HB1591 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2023-06-13	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2023-05-08	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2023-03-14	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2023-01-31	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

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No bill amendments currently on file for Illinois HB1591

Supplemental Documents

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