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| Bill | IMDMA-MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES | Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that upon completion of an affidavit provided by the county clerk, a person, still currently married, may request a certificate of the person's current marriage free of any gender identifying language. Provides that the request shall not permanently change the gender identifying language in the clerk's records, and the affidavit and issuance shall be kept in the permanent records of the clerk. Provides that if 2 parties currently married request a marriage certificate with gender identifiers changed, both parties shall appear before the clerk, indicate consent, and complete an affidavit. Provides that if a county provides a certified record, photocopy, or reproduction of an original record in lieu of a summary data sheet, the county clerk shall work with the Department of Public Health to develop a new certificate that can be issued in lieu of a reproduction of the prior record. Provides that when a clerk issues a nongendered marriage certificate, the certificate shall not include any language indicating it has been amended nor that it is not a true and accurate record of the facts stated therein. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 102nd | SB 139 | Illinois SB 139 (102nd) |
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Illinois SB 139 (102nd) — IMDMA-MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that upon completion of an affidavit provided by the county clerk, a person, still currently married, may request a certificate of the person's current marriage free of any gender identifying language. Provides that the request shall not permanently change the gender identifying language in the clerk's records, and the affidavit and issuance shall be kept in the permanent records of the clerk. Provides that if 2 parties currently married request a marriage certificate with gender identifiers changed, both parties shall appear before the clerk, indicate consent, and complete an affidavit. Provides that if a county provides a certified record, photocopy, or reproduction of an original record in lieu of a summary data sheet, the county clerk shall work with the Department of Public Health to develop a new certificate that can be issued in lieu of a reproduction of the prior record. Provides that when a clerk issues a nongendered marriage certificate, the certificate shall not include any language indicating it has been amended nor that it is not a true and accurate record of the facts stated therein.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 78–30 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 44–13 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ann M. Williams — primary (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
filing - 2021-02-09 First Reading
reading-1 - 2021-02-09 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2021-02-17 Assigned to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-03-03 Postponed - Judiciary
- 2021-03-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- 2021-03-16 Do Pass Judiciary; 007-002-000
committee-passage - 2021-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2021
- 2021-03-17 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2021-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 23, 2021
- 2021-03-25 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- 2021-04-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
amendment-introduction - 2021-04-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2021-04-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- 2021-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 007-001-000
- 2021-04-21 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2021-04-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Feigenholtz
amendment-passage - 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 044-013-000
passage, reading-3 - 2021-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- 2021-04-22 Arrived in House
introduction - 2021-04-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- 2021-04-23 First Reading
reading-1 - 2021-04-23 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2021-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- 2021-04-28 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
referral-committee - 2021-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- 2021-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- 2021-05-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-002-000
committee-passage - 2021-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2021-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2021-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2021-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-030-001
passage, reading-3 - 2021-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2021-06-17 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-07-27 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2021-07-27 Effective Date January 1, 2022
- 2021-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0171
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d6ceab1-4057-4d11-80e1-3db36fcd285b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).