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Bill	MARRIAGE ACT-LAWFUL CHILD	Amends the Illinois Pension Code, the Crime Victims Compensation Act, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Emancipation of Minors Act, the Adoption Act, and the Probate Act of 1975. Changes references from "illegitimate child" to "child born out of wedlock" and from "legitimate child" to "lawful child".	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 529	Illinois SB 529 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2005-02-17	2005-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/56104141-072f-4e9b-838c-5995213f2c4a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=529&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17383&SessionID=50&GA=94	fde2510e3fe78e47cf4b85f29a87394ba144811b96133c1a44c4bd32940d1c6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 529 (94th) — MARRIAGE ACT-LAWFUL CHILD

Amends the Illinois Pension Code, the Crime Victims Compensation Act, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Emancipation of Minors Act, the Adoption Act, and the Probate Act of 1975. Changes references from "illegitimate child" to "child born out of wedlock" and from "legitimate child" to "lawful child".

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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Careen M Gordon — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel J. Burke — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Fritchey — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Cullerton — primary (person)
• Julie Hamos — cosponsor (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-17 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2005-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-17 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2005-02-24 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
• 2005-03-02 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2005
• 2005-03-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 8, 2005
• 2005-03-10 Pension Note Filed from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.
• 2005-03-11 Pension Note Filed from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.
• 2005-04-07 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2005-04-07 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-07 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-07 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2005-04-07 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2005-04-07 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2005-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-14 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2005-04-20 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-26 Re-assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-05-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-001-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
• 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
• 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
• 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-14 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0229 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56104141-072f-4e9b-838c-5995213f2c4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).