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Bill	GESTATIONAL SURROGACY ACT	Creates the Gestational Surrogacy Act. Provides guidelines for creating surrogacy contracts. Establishes the eligibility requirements for becoming a surrogate. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Changes the Section concerning the establishment of the parent and child relationship to include the provisions outlined in the Gestational Surrogacy Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 4962	Illinois HB 4962 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2004-02-05	2004-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/756e934b-e8cd-417b-9199-420368db1cdb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4962&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=9685&SessionID=3&GA=93	558604d58194134fa33f43b1685a95d3cbfe2eb8ed39088140e005a45b694847	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4962 (93rd) — GESTATIONAL SURROGACY ACT

Creates the Gestational Surrogacy Act. Provides guidelines for creating surrogacy contracts. Establishes the eligibility requirements for becoming a surrogate. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Changes the Section concerning the establishment of the parent and child relationship to include the provisions outlined in the Gestational Surrogacy Act.

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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie filing
• 2004-02-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
• 2004-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-19 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-23 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
• 2004-03-23 Correctional Note Filed
• 2004-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie amendment-introduction
• 2004-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2004-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2004-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-29 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2004-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-30 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2004-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-30 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2004-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-30 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-15 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2004-04-22 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 27, 2004
• 2004-04-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2004
• 2004-05-13 Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, extended to January 11, 2005. reading-3
• 2004-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-08-12 Effective Date January 1, 2005
• 2004-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0921 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/756e934b-e8cd-417b-9199-420368db1cdb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).