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Bill	IMDMA-TEMPORARY RELIEF	Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Allows either party to petition or move for an allowance from the other party for a retainer fee to obtain an attorney, accompanied by a financial affidavit that is supported by documentary evidence, and a certificate stating that if an allowance is granted, the party shall only use it for retaining an attorney. Provides that the court shall review the financial affidavit and, if appropriate, grant an allowance to the party for a retainer fee.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 3484	Illinois HB 3484 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Denyse Wang Stoneback Rachelle Crowe	6	57	1	2021-02-19	2021-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/5769dd1c-e31d-46d5-982b-051ee61f09e4	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3484&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132484&SessionID=110&GA=102	41bc126a86bfaef6162767412f94f8365d272833ce202515bb0db539ce8bde7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3484 (102nd) — IMDMA-TEMPORARY RELIEF

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Allows either party to petition or move for an allowance from the other party for a retainer fee to obtain an attorney, accompanied by a financial affidavit that is supported by documentary evidence, and a certificate stating that if an allowance is granted, the party shall only use it for retaining an attorney. Provides that the court shall review the financial affidavit and, if appropriate, grant an allowance to the party for a retainer fee.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Denyse Wang Stoneback — primary (person)
• Rachelle Crowe — primary (person)
• Curtis J. Tarver, II — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Welter — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
• Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
• Seth Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback filing
• 2021-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
• 2021-03-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-03-23 Do Pass as Amended / Consent Calendar Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
• 2021-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
• 2021-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
• 2021-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2021-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
• 2021-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
• 2021-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
• 2021-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Seth Lewis
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-15 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-15 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 113-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 27, 2021 reading-1
• 2021-04-28 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
• 2021-04-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-10 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachelle Crowe amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
• 2021-05-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2021
• 2021-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachelle Crowe amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2021-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
• 2021-05-26 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Crowe amendment-passage
• 2021-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2021-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
• 2021-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2021-05-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
• 2021-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback
• 2021-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2021-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 117-000-000
• 2021-05-31 House Concurs
• 2021-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-20 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-08-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0480 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5769dd1c-e31d-46d5-982b-051ee61f09e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).