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+type: "Bill"
+title: "DISSOL-VIRTUAL CHILD VISITATON"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides for reasonable visitation between a child and a non-custodial parent through electronic communication such as telephone, e-mail, instant messaging, and other modes of electronic communication. Provides that the court may not use time spent in electronic communication to affect child support, custody, visitation, or removal of a child from the State. Provides for the custodial parent to provide any new e-mail address of the child to the noncustodial parent within 24 hours of the change. Makes other changes concerning electronic communication between a parent and a child and between a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling and a child."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "SB 1590"
+citation: "Illinois SB 1590 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-19"
+last_action: "2009-08-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f81dc19-1dbb-4726-bd8c-6bd7ca04358e"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1590&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44208&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "763990793d8e149e858c03e63845397ff8cf0ebe806a755fc4ba05adec86f58d"
+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 1590 (96th) — DISSOL-VIRTUAL CHILD VISITATON
+
+Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides for reasonable visitation between a child and a non-custodial parent through electronic communication such as telephone, e-mail, instant messaging, and other modes of electronic communication. Provides that the court may not use time spent in electronic communication to affect child support, custody, visitation, or removal of a child from the State. Provides for the custodial parent to provide any new e-mail address of the child to the noncustodial parent within 24 hours of the change. Makes other changes concerning electronic communication between a parent and a child and between a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling and a child.
+
+## 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=09600SB1590&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44208&DocNum=1590&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1590eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44208&DocNum=1590&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1590enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44208&DocNum=1590&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
+- Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `filing`
+- **2009-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-02-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2009
+- **2009-03-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
+- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
+- **2009-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2009-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
+- **2009-04-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2009-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2009-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-05-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
+- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-05-14** Passed Both Houses
+- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2009-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2010
+- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0331 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f81dc19-1dbb-4726-bd8c-6bd7ca04358e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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