Illinois House Bill 110

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February 8 2013 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act. Contains provisions regarding legislative purpose, rules of construction, and severability. Provides that: all laws of this State applicable to marriage apply equally to marriages of same-sex and different-sex couples and their children; parties to a marriage and their children, regardless of whether the marriage is of a same-sex or different-sex couple, have the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under law; parties to a marriage are included in any definition or use of terms such as "spouse", "family", "immediate family", "dependent", "next of kin", "wife", "husband", "bride", "groom", "wedlock", and other terms that refer to or denote the spousal relationship, as those terms are used throughout the law, regardless of whether the parties to a marriage are of the same sex or different sexes; and, to the extent that laws of this State adopt, refer to, or rely upon provisions of federal law as applicable to this State, parties to a marriage of the same sex and their children shall be treated under the laws of this State as if federal law recognized the marriages of same-sex couples in the same manner as the laws of this State. Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes changes concerning: parties who may marry; solemnization; use of a parish hall or other religious facility for solemnization or celebration of a marriage; prohibited marriages; and jurisdiction. Amends the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act to make changes and additions regarding recognition of marriages and to authorize the voluntary conversion of a civil union to a marriage under specified circumstances. Contains severability provisions. Effective 30 days after becoming law.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM-MARRIAGE ACT

Rep Greg Harris	Rep Sara Feigenholtz	Rep Kelly M Cassidy	Rep Ann Williams
Rep Naomi D. Jakobsson

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-08	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2013-02-06	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
2013-02-06	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
2013-01-31	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
2013-01-29	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
2013-01-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-01-10	House	First Reading
2013-01-10	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
750	5	201	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	5	209	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	5	212	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	5	213.1	Repealed Code	Citation Text
750	5	220	New Code	See Bill Text
750	75	60	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	75	65	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=110&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB0110.htm