---
type: "Bill"
title: "IMDMA-SOLEMNIZATION-MAYORS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that a marriage may be solemnized by a mayor or president of a city, village, or incorporated town who is in office on the date of the solemnization. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2841"
citation: "Illinois HB 2841 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c27ccfd-f2f8-46ea-b629-ff4af78989e2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2841&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119134&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "6f08bea2d955c0afd6f521b44871f15ef6e138e898ab2619ffb073c47d04160c"
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 2841 (101st) — IMDMA-SOLEMNIZATION-MAYORS

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that a marriage may be solemnized by a mayor or president of a city, village, or incorporated town who is in office on the date of the solemnization. Effective immediately.

## 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=10100HB2841&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119134&DocNum=2841&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2841eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119134&DocNum=2841&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2841enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119134&DocNum=2841&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **97–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- André Thapedi — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeLuca — primary (person)
- Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anthony DeLuca `filing`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** To Family Law Subcommittee
- **2019-03-06** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2019-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Anthony DeLuca `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2019-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
- **2019-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-009-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2019-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- **2019-05-24** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-30** Third Reading - Passed; 057-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective Date June 14, 2019
- **2019-06-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0014 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c27ccfd-f2f8-46ea-b629-ff4af78989e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).