Illinois House Bill 41

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 12 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Deletes language providing that nothing in the Act requires that each parent be allocated decision-making responsibilities. Provides that it is presumed that fit parents act in the best interests of their children. Deletes language providing that in determining the child's best interests for purposes of allocating parenting time, the court shall consider the amount of time each parent spent performing caretaking functions with respect to the child in the 24 months preceding the filing of any petition for allocation of parental responsibilities, or, if the child is under 2 years of age, since the child's birth.

IMDMA-PARENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]

Rep. Jed Davis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-05	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-21	House	To Family Law & Probate Subcommittee
2024-01-31	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2023-03-10	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-01	House	To Family Law & Probate Subcommittee
2023-02-21	House	State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	State Debt Impact Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Pension Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Judicial Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Housing Affordability Impact Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Correctional Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2023-01-25	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis
2023-01-12	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-01-12	House	First Reading
2022-12-05	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
750	5	602.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	5	602.7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=41&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB0041.htm