---
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).