---
type: "Bill"
title: "CUSTODY-GRANDPARENT VISITATION"
description: "CUSTODY-GRANDPARENT VISITATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 1845"
citation: "Illinois HB 1845 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 66
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7da035bd-d8ef-4497-9a7d-5c9cef912f85"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "fe259fe718e266c9e90fd1768b5b9b3215f8c5bd27deb8fe0e531cfad02cd48e"
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 HB 1845 (91st) — CUSTODY-GRANDPARENT VISITATION

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB1845LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BRADY — cosponsor (person)
- CROSS — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,W — cosponsor (person)
- KRAUSE — cosponsor (person)
- MCCARTHY — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-000 HJUA
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 110-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO MCCARTHY
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO BRADY
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO KRAUSE
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-11
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR JONES,W
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SJUD
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-05-06
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-11
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR #1/01/BASSI
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HJUA/01
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED NON-CONCUR #2/01/BASSI
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** HSE NON-CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - NON-CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFUSE RECEDE - SEN AMEND NO 01/JONES,W
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** SEN REFUSES TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENT NO 01
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** SEN REQUESTS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/JONES,W,
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** HAWKINSON, DILLARD
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** CULLERTON, OBAMA
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** HSE ACCEDE REQUEST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/WOOLARD,
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** DART, CURRIE,
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** TENHOUSE & BASSI
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/JONES,W
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/JONES,W
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/99-05-26
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO CROSS
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/CROSS
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/114-000-000
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/JONES,W
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/059-000-000
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** BOTH HOUSES ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-24T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-19
- **1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0610

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7da035bd-d8ef-4497-9a7d-5c9cef912f85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).