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type: "Bill"
title: "MARRIAGE ACT-CHILD SUPPORT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Defines \"child\" for purposes of child support to include any child under age 18 and any child over the age of 18 who has not attained age 19 and is still attending high school (instead of any child under age 18 and any child age 19 or younger who is still attending high school.) Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Illinois SB 27 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael E. Hastings", "Robert \"Bob\" Rita"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc820a00-4447-48b7-9141-95f209ca0b0a"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=27&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=157126&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "ac24b69067e9d7368bc81e3149cf77b6d94d7abdea5b49b2f53039fd59631e1a"
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 SB 27 (104th) — MARRIAGE ACT-CHILD SUPPORT
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Defines "child" for purposes of child support to include any child under age 18 and any child over the age of 18 who has not attained age 19 and is still attending high school (instead of any child under age 18 and any child age 19 or younger who is still attending high school.) Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0027.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0027eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0027enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **190** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **70** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1050** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michael E. Hastings — primary (person)
- Robert "Bob" Rita — primary (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-13** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-13** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-01-22** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000
- **2025-01-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 4, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2025-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2025
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 019-000-000
- **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2025
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0340 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc820a00-4447-48b7-9141-95f209ca0b0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).