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+type: "Bill"
+title: "MARR-LICENSE-INADVERTENT SITE"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that an otherwise valid marriage shall not be invalidated because the marriage was inadvertently solemnized in an Illinois county other than the county where the license was issued. Provides that the solemnization of a marriage is not invalidated by the fact that the marriage was solemnized in another county than where the license was issued. Effective January 1, 2009."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "95th"
+identifier: "SB 2161"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2161 (95th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2008-02-14"
+last_action: "2008-08-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/237286d8-1605-41c8-9966-f4f2cf0d9198"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2161&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=35877&SessionID=51&GA=95"
+source_hash: "0d6b73cc069ca9d79f279fedb69b8fe639cee9733fc2df96783565fa0d8fac7c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 2161 (95th) — MARR-LICENSE-INADVERTENT SITE
+
+Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that an otherwise valid marriage shall not be invalidated because the marriage was inadvertently solemnized in an Illinois county other than the county where the license was issued. Provides that the solemnization of a marriage is not invalidated by the fact that the marriage was solemnized in another county than where the license was issued. Effective January 1, 2009.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2161&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35877&DocNum=2161&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2161eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35877&DocNum=2161&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2161enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35877&DocNum=2161&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- William R. Haine — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2008-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
+- **2008-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2008-02-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2008-03-05** Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2008-03-13** Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008
+- **2008-04-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2008-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2008
+- **2008-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2008-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2008-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2008-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2008-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2008-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2008-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2008-05-09** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
+- **2008-05-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2008-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2008-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2008-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2008-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2008-05-19** Passed Both Houses
+- **2008-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2008-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2008-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2009
+- **2008-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0775 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/237286d8-1605-41c8-9966-f4f2cf0d9198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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