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Bill	MARRIAGE ACT-ATTORNEYS FEES	Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Removes the one-year limitation period to file a complaint in an independent proceeding for actions brought to collect legal fees, when the action is brought after the close of the period during which a petition may be filed under the listed subdivision and no petition for legal fees remains pending. Provides that the limitation period for breach of contract shall apply to an action brought in an independent proceeding to pursue an award and judgment for legal fees and costs. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 2475	Illinois SB 2475 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2006-01-18	2006-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/9ea03691-a0b5-466c-a210-1885fa3b6acd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2475&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23299&SessionID=50&GA=94	204aad627466e3dd6fa477225f9c7c67d2b035b725fb1b014db0245b362232cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2475 (94th) — MARRIAGE ACT-ATTORNEYS FEES

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Removes the one-year limitation period to file a complaint in an independent proceeding for actions brought to collect legal fees, when the action is brought after the close of the period during which a petition may be filed under the listed subdivision and no petition for legal fees remains pending. Provides that the limitation period for breach of contract shall apply to an action brought in an independent proceeding to pursue an award and judgment for legal fees and costs. 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 — 108–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-01-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2006-01-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-18 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-01-19 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2006-02-01 Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-02-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 2, 2006
• 2006-02-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-02-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 7, 2006
• 2006-03-02 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-03-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2006-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2006-03-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2006-03-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-03-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-13 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-31 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
• 2006-04-04 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-04-07 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 13, 2006
• 2006-04-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-001-002 reading-3, passage
• 2006-04-10 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-05-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-07-07 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-07-07 Effective Date July 7, 2006
• 2006-07-07 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-1016 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ea03691-a0b5-466c-a210-1885fa3b6acd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).