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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…
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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.
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HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
HouseFirst Reading
CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
CommitteeAssigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee · House Judiciary - Civil
HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
HouseRemoved Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
CommitteeDo Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 012-000-000 · House Judiciary - Civil
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 080-023-000
SenateArrive in Senate
SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
SenateFirst Reading
CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
