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Bill	PARENTAGE ACT-PREGNANCY EXPENS	Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Provides that in an action brought within 2 years after a judicial determination of parentage (now, within 2 years after a child's birth), the judgment or order shall (now, may) direct either parent to pay the reasonable expenses incurred by either parent or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (now, either parent) related to the mother's pregnancy and the delivery of the child.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 2594	Illinois SB 2594 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2008-02-15	2008-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/41b5da27-d617-45cf-9bc1-8e3d7f0d4e41	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2594&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=37040&SessionID=51&GA=95	fd8869e7e15e5f1b648535acc303bb0f995a9bba588b9020b756bf622231e175	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2594 (95th) — PARENTAGE ACT-PREGNANCY EXPENS

Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Provides that in an action brought within 2 years after a judicial determination of parentage (now, within 2 years after a child's birth), the judgment or order shall (now, may) direct either parent to pay the reasonable expenses incurred by either parent or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (now, either parent) related to the mother's pregnancy and the delivery of the 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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John J. Millner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner filing
• 2008-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-02-15 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-03-05 Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law referral-committee
• 2008-03-13 Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008
• 2008-03-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner amendment-introduction
• 2008-03-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
• 2008-04-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Civil Law; 008-000-000
• 2008-04-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2008-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Millner amendment-passage
• 2008-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2008
• 2008-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2008-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2008-04-16 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
• 2008-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-04-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2008-05-01 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; 008-000-000 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
• 2008-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2008-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2008-08-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2008-08-19 Effective Date January 1, 2009
• 2008-08-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0864 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41b5da27-d617-45cf-9bc1-8e3d7f0d4e41. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).