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type: "Bill"
title: "MARRIAGE-PROHIBITIONS-REPEAL"
description: "Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act by repealing all of the following provisions: (i) no marriage shall be contracted in this State by a party residing and intending to continue to reside in another state or jurisdiction if the marriage would be void if contracted in the other state or jurisdiction, and every marriage celebrated in this State in violation of that provision is null and void; (ii) before issuing a license to marry a person who resides and intends to continue to reside in another state, the officer having authority to issue the license shall satisfy himself by requiring affidavits or otherwise that the person is not prohibited from intermarrying by the laws of the jurisdiction where the person resides; and (iii) an official issuing a marriage license with knowledge that the parties are prohibited from marrying and a person authorized to solemnize marriages who knowingly solemnizes such a marriage are guilty of a Class C misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 1591"
citation: "Illinois HB 1591 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly M. Cassidy", "Mike Simmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c687cc9f-3e92-42db-8dbf-3244651ee763"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1591&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=143954&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "1bf7818612c40e72fd401987a4c6360f2db3472f690adeff37090237d690f2fa"
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 HB 1591 (103rd) — MARRIAGE-PROHIBITIONS-REPEAL
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act by repealing all of the following provisions: (i) no marriage shall be contracted in this State by a party residing and intending to continue to reside in another state or jurisdiction if the marriage would be void if contracted in the other state or jurisdiction, and every marriage celebrated in this State in violation of that provision is null and void; (ii) before issuing a license to marry a person who resides and intends to continue to reside in another state, the officer having authority to issue the license shall satisfy himself by requiring affidavits or otherwise that the person is not prohibited from intermarrying by the laws of the jurisdiction where the person resides; and (iii) an official issuing a marriage license with knowledge that the parties are prohibited from marrying and a person authorized to solemnize marriages who knowingly solemnizes such a marriage are guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1591.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1591eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1591enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **496** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **8023** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **80** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **120** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kelly M. Cassidy — primary (person)
- Mike Simmons — primary (person)
- Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
- Ann M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Hernández — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Eva-Dina Delgado — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Croke — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-31** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy `filing`
- **2023-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
- **2023-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernández
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2023-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2023-02-08** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2023-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2023-02-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2023-02-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 012-000-000
- **2023-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2023-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
- **2023-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2023-02-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- **2023-02-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2023-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2023-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 080-023-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
- **2023-03-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2023-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000
- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
- **2023-05-04** Third Reading - Passed; 049-006-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0021 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c687cc9f-3e92-42db-8dbf-3244651ee763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).