Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2493 Compare Versions

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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2493 Introduced , by Rep. Nicolle Grasse SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203 Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires county clerks to establish a process within 6 months or sooner after the effective date of the amendatory Act to allow a party or parties to appear by using an electronic communication device to participate in any video conferencing application in which the party or parties may be seen and heard by the county clerk in real time. LRB104 11011 JRC 21093 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2493 Introduced , by Rep. Nicolle Grasse SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203 750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203 Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires county clerks to establish a process within 6 months or sooner after the effective date of the amendatory Act to allow a party or parties to appear by using an electronic communication device to participate in any video conferencing application in which the party or parties may be seen and heard by the county clerk in real time. LRB104 11011 JRC 21093 b LRB104 11011 JRC 21093 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2493 Introduced , by Rep. Nicolle Grasse SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	3	+	750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203 750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203
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	5	+	Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires county clerks to establish a process within 6 months or sooner after the effective date of the amendatory Act to allow a party or parties to appear by using an electronic communication device to participate in any video conferencing application in which the party or parties may be seen and heard by the county clerk in real time.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning civil law.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
7	15		5 Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 203 as follows:
8	16		6 (750 ILCS 5/203) (from Ch. 40, par. 203)
9	17		7 Sec. 203. License to Marry. When a marriage application
10	18		8 has been completed and signed by both parties to a prospective
11	19		9 marriage and both parties have appeared before the county
12	20		10 clerk and the marriage license fee has been paid, the county
13	21		11 clerk shall issue a license to marry and a marriage
14	22		12 certificate form upon being furnished:
15	23		13 (1) satisfactory proof that each party to the marriage
16	24		14 will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the
17	25		15 marriage license is effective or will have attained the
18	26		16 age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage
19	27		17 of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval;
20	28		18 provided, if one parent cannot be located in order to
21	29		19 obtain such consent and diligent efforts have been made to
22	30		20 locate that parent by the consenting parent, then the
23	31		21 consent of one parent plus a signed affidavit by the
24	32		22 consenting parent which (i) names the absent parent and
25	33		23 states that he or she cannot be located, and (ii) states
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	37	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2493 Introduced , by Rep. Nicolle Grasse SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	38	+	750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203 750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203
	39	+	750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203
	40	+	Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires county clerks to establish a process within 6 months or sooner after the effective date of the amendatory Act to allow a party or parties to appear by using an electronic communication device to participate in any video conferencing application in which the party or parties may be seen and heard by the county clerk in real time.
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34	68		1 what diligent efforts have been made to locate the absent
35	69		2 parent, shall have the effect of both parents' consent for
36	70		3 purposes of this Section;
37	71		4 (2) satisfactory proof that the marriage is not
38	72		5 prohibited; and
39	73		6 (3) an affidavit or record as prescribed in
40	74		7 subparagraph (1) of Section 205 or a court order as
41	75		8 prescribed in subparagraph (2) of Section 205, if
42	76		9 applicable.
43	77		10 With each marriage license, the county clerk shall provide
44	78		11 a pamphlet describing the causes and effects of fetal alcohol
45	79		12 syndrome. At least annually, the county board shall submit to
46	80		13 the Illinois Department of Public Health a report as to the
47	81		14 county clerk's compliance with the requirement that the county
48	82		15 clerk provide a pamphlet with each marriage license. All
49	83		16 funding and production costs for the aforementioned
50	84		17 educational pamphlets for distribution to each county clerk
51	85		18 shall be provided by non-profit, non-sectarian statewide
52	86		19 programs that provide education, advocacy, support, and
53	87		20 prevention services pertaining to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
54	88		21 County clerks must establish a process within 6 months or
55		-	22 sooner after the effective date of this amendatory Act ~~of the~~
56		-	23 ~~104th General Assembly to~~ allow a party or parties ~~who cannot~~
57		-	24 ~~travel or have difficulty traveling because of a disability,~~
58		-	25 ~~physical impairment,~~ or ~~health condition that impedes the~~
59		-	26 ~~mobility of~~ the ~~party or parties to appear using an electronic~~
	89	+	22 sooner after the effective date of this amendatory Act to
	90	+	23 allow a party or parties to appear by using an electronic
	91	+	24 communication device to participate in any video conferencing
	92	+	25 application in which the party or parties may be seen and heard
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71		-	2 application in which the party or parties may be seen and heard
72		-	3 by the county clerk in real time.
73		-	4 (Source: P.A. 96-1323, eff. 1-1-11.)
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