---
type: "Bill"
title: "GESTATIONAL SURROGACY ACT"
description: "Creates the Gestational Surrogacy Act. Provides guidelines for creating surrogacy contracts. Establishes the eligibility requirements for becoming a surrogate. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Changes the Section concerning the establishment of the parent and child relationship to include the provisions outlined in the Gestational Surrogacy Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 4962"
citation: "Illinois HB 4962 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-05"
last_action: "2004-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/756e934b-e8cd-417b-9199-420368db1cdb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4962&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=9685&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "558604d58194134fa33f43b1685a95d3cbfe2eb8ed39088140e005a45b694847"
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 4962 (93rd) — GESTATIONAL SURROGACY ACT

Creates the Gestational Surrogacy Act. Provides guidelines for creating surrogacy contracts. Establishes the eligibility requirements for becoming a surrogate. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Changes the Section concerning the establishment of the parent and child relationship to include the provisions outlined in the Gestational Surrogacy Act.

## 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=09300HB4962&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9685&DocNum=4962&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4962eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9685&DocNum=4962&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4962enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9685&DocNum=4962&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `filing`
- **2004-02-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2004-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-23** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2004-03-23** Correctional Note Filed
- **2004-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2004-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-30** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-30** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2004-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-30** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 27, 2004
- **2004-04-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2004
- **2004-05-13** Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, extended to January 11, 2005. `reading-3`
- **2004-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-12** Effective Date January 1, 2005
- **2004-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0921 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/756e934b-e8cd-417b-9199-420368db1cdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).