Illinois House Bill 5548 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Excludes from the definition of "abuse" obtaining, seeking, or facilitating lawful health care for a minor child by a parent or person in loco parentis. Requires the court to consider in determining parental responsibilities and parenting time a parent's affirmation of the child's gender identity or gender expression in a way that promotes the child's overall health and well-being. Allows a court to modify an order restricting parental responsibilities if it finds persistent, continuing interference with the child's ability to access lawful health care. Declares that a law of another state that authorizes the removal of a child from a parent or person acting as a parent based on the parent or person acting as a parent allowing a child to receive lawful health care is against the public policy of the State and shall not be enforced or applied in a case pending in a court in the State. Amends the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. Provides that the presence of a child in the State for the purpose of obtaining lawful health care is sufficient to meet the jurisdiction of the State for an initial child custody determination for temporary emergency matters. Provides that the State is not an inconvenient forum if lawful health care to the child is at issue in which the law or policy of the other state that may take jurisdiction limits the ability of a parent or person acting as a parent to obtain lawful health care for the child. Effective immediately.

IMDMA-ACCESS GENDER CARE

Rep. Mary Canty [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. Laura Faver Dias [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]
Rep. Marcus Evans [D]	Rep. Cyril Nichols [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Session Sine Die
2024-04-12	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
2024-04-05	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-03-05	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2024-02-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
2024-02-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
2024-02-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2024-02-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2024-02-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2024-02-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2024-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-09	House	First Reading
2024-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
750	36	102	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	36	201	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	36	204	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	36	207	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	36	208	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	36	313.1	New Code	See Bill Text
750	5	600	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	5	602.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	5	602.7	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	5	603.10	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	5	612	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5548&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB5548.htm