---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISSOL-CUSTODY-MILITARY DEPLOY"
description: "Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that in considering the best interest of a child, the court shall not consider the military deployment of a present or proposed custodian. Provides that with respect to the modification of any custody order that the court shall not permanently modify a prior custody judgment during the deployment of active-duty military member, defined as a person currently serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Illinois National Guard, or any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 2283"
citation: "Illinois HB 2283 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-18"
last_action: "2009-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3377e5a-380c-4531-ab78-f7ab3f1b4409"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2283&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44186&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "faebc6a5a46fd2f4ea10d6e069e885fa9ed8ab03a607b454bb9af0a60df1eb9e"
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 2283 (96th) — DISSOL-CUSTODY-MILITARY DEPLOY

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that in considering the best interest of a child, the court shall not consider the military deployment of a present or proposed custodian. Provides that with respect to the modification of any custody order that the court shall not permanently modify a prior custody judgment during the deployment of active-duty military member, defined as a person currently serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Illinois National Guard, or any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States.

## 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=09600HB2283&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44186&DocNum=2283&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2283eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44186&DocNum=2283&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2283enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44186&DocNum=2283&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Soto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `filing`
- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2009-05-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Martinez `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
- **2009-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2009-05-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-25** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0676 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3377e5a-380c-4531-ab78-f7ab3f1b4409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).