republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/sb-2498.md

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Bill	IMDMA-GRANDPARENT VISITATION	Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. In provisions governing conditions under which certain non-parents may petition for visitation, requires that the parent-child relationship has been legally established (instead of "parentage has been established by a court of competent jurisdiction"). Provides that if the petitioner is a grandparent or great-grandparent, the parent-child relationship need be legally established only with respect to the parent who is related to the grandparent or great-grandparent. Provides that if the petitioner is a step-parent, the parent-child relationship need be legally established only with respect to the parent who is married to the petitioner or was married to the petitioner immediately before the parent's death.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 2498	Illinois SB 2498 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2018-02-06	2018-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/d6b8c2a7-0db6-4583-bb01-6cff31620060	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2498&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=109250&SessionID=91&GA=100	71965922265937da4dbdcc65054bb90931b78c67aec2c68a653f4308ff7551d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2498 (100th) — IMDMA-GRANDPARENT VISITATION

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. In provisions governing conditions under which certain non-parents may petition for visitation, requires that the parent-child relationship has been legally established (instead of "parentage has been established by a court of competent jurisdiction"). Provides that if the petitioner is a grandparent or great-grandparent, the parent-child relationship need be legally established only with respect to the parent who is related to the grandparent or great-grandparent. Provides that if the petitioner is a step-parent, the parent-child relationship need be legally established only with respect to the parent who is married to the petitioner or was married to the petitioner immediately before the parent's death.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 97–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael Connelly — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-06 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Connelly filing
• 2018-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-02-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2018-02-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 21, 2018
• 2018-03-13 Third Reading - Passed; 048-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-13 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-03-13 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2018-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-03-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 To Domestic Relations Law Subcommittee
• 2018-05-16 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-16 Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
• 2018-05-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2018-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-004-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-03 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-03 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-08-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0706 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6b8c2a7-0db6-4583-bb01-6cff31620060. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).