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| Bill | MARR-LICENSE-INADVERTENT SITE | Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that an otherwise valid marriage shall not be invalidated because the marriage was inadvertently solemnized in an Illinois county other than the county where the license was issued. Provides that the solemnization of a marriage is not invalidated by the fact that the marriage was solemnized in another county than where the license was issued. Effective January 1, 2009. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | SB 2161 | Illinois SB 2161 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2008-02-14 | 2008-08-04 | openstates | ocd-bill/237286d8-1605-41c8-9966-f4f2cf0d9198 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2161&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=35877&SessionID=51&GA=95 | 0d6b73cc069ca9d79f279fedb69b8fe639cee9733fc2df96783565fa0d8fac7c | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 2161 (95th) — MARR-LICENSE-INADVERTENT SITE
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that an otherwise valid marriage shall not be invalidated because the marriage was inadvertently solemnized in an Illinois county other than the county where the license was issued. Provides that the solemnization of a marriage is not invalidated by the fact that the marriage was solemnized in another county than where the license was issued. Effective January 1, 2009.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- William R. Haine — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2008-02-14 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine
filing - 2008-02-14 First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-02-14 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2008-03-05 Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law
referral-committee - 2008-03-13 Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2008-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008
- 2008-04-08 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2008-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2008
- 2008-04-09 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001
reading-3, passage - 2008-04-09 Arrived in House
introduction - 2008-04-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-04-09 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- 2008-04-09 First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-04-09 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2008-04-30 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
referral-committee - 2008-05-09 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- 2008-05-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000
committee-passage - 2008-05-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2008-05-14 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2008-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2008-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2008-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2008-06-17 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2008-08-04 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2008-08-04 Effective Date January 1, 2009
- 2008-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0775
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/237286d8-1605-41c8-9966-f4f2cf0d9198. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).