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type: "Bill"
title: "PARENTAGE ACT-PREGNANCY EXPENS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2594"
citation: "Illinois SB 2594 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41b5da27-d617-45cf-9bc1-8e3d7f0d4e41"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2594&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=37040&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "fd8869e7e15e5f1b648535acc303bb0f995a9bba588b9020b756bf622231e175"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2594&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37040&DocNum=2594&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2594eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37040&DocNum=2594&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2594enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37040&DocNum=2594&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **510** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1090** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41b5da27-d617-45cf-9bc1-8e3d7f0d4e41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).