Illinois House Bill 620 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 4 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-04-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
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. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]	Rep. Dan Brady [R]
Rep. David Friess [R]	Rep. Jeff Keicher [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
2022-04-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess
2022-03-03	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2021-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2021-03-23	House	To Family Law & Probate Subcommittee
2021-03-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
2021-03-02	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2021-02-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2021-02-08	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2021-02-08	House	First Reading
2021-02-04	House	Filed with the 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=620&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB0620.htm