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Bill	EMANCIPATION OF MINORS	Amends the Emancipation of Minors Act. Deletes language stating that no order of complete or partial emancipation may be entered if there is any objection by the minor's parents or guardian. Provides instead that an order of complete or partial emancipation may be entered if there is an objection by the minor's parents or guardian only if the court finds, in a hearing, that emancipation would be in the minor's best interests. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 2256	Illinois HB 2256 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2019-02-07	2019-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/d078c17b-1bdc-4917-85d0-a54bf193b268	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2256&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118062&SessionID=108&GA=101	deaafed0ae6fc23fb1ba6211a0416f2fa6ea3fd9d2f6cdf7cc7d658c35e90ca0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2256 (101st) — EMANCIPATION OF MINORS

Amends the Emancipation of Minors Act. Deletes language stating that no order of complete or partial emancipation may be entered if there is any objection by the minor's parents or guardian. Provides instead that an order of complete or partial emancipation may be entered if there is an objection by the minor's parents or guardian only if the court finds, in a hearing, that emancipation would be in the minor's best interests. Effective immediately.

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 — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan McConchie — primary (person)
• David A. Welter — primary (person)
• Deanne M. Mazzochi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David A. Welter filing
• 2019-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-19 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 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;
• 2019-03-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
• 2019-03-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-002 reading-3, passage
• 2019-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2019 reading-1
• 2019-04-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
• 2019-04-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
• 2019-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
• 2019-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-26 Effective Date July 26, 2019
• 2019-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0135 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d078c17b-1bdc-4917-85d0-a54bf193b268. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).