All Roll Calls
Yes: 143 • No: 71
IllinoisHB1083104th General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
PROPERTY-GENDER NEUTRAL
Sponsored By: Daniel Didech (Democratic)
Became Law
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Bill Overview
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8 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 5 mixed.
Stronger protections from a spouse’s debts
If you are married, you can sue or be sued without joining your spouse. Either spouse can sue the other for a tort. If you are both sued, each spouse may defend their own rights, and one may defend for both. You are not liable for your spouse’s separate or pre‑marriage debts, and your wages and property are protected. A creditor cannot sue you for your spouse’s non‑family debts unless you agreed in writing, or the goods or services were bought by or are held by the other spouse. If a creditor breaks this rule, you can recover your costs and attorney’s fees and block them from reporting you as liable.
Court help if your spouse disappears
If your spouse abandons you, leaves the State for one year without support, or is imprisoned, the court can help. After a petition and notice, the court may let you manage, sell, or encumber your spouse’s property. You can use it to support your family or pay that spouse’s debts. The court needs evidence that this is necessary.
Home title protections and name-change fee break
Your homestead rights are not waived unless the deed clearly says so, and one spouse’s waiver does not bind the other without their signature. Joint tenancy or tenancy by the entirety exists only if the document says it; deeds, mortgages, and leases of homestead held by the entirety must be signed by both spouses. If you are married, you may acknowledge deeds and other real‑estate papers as if unmarried. Recording a quitclaim deed costs nothing when it only updates your legal name and the grantor and grantee are the same person.
Pay caps and expense rules for commissioners
In counties under 3,000,000 people, county board members who serve as commissioners can be paid up to $36 per day or up to $3,000 a year, plus mileage at the county board rate. The president may take a salary instead of per diem. No commissioner may claim per diem for a day also filed as a county supervisor. In elected boards under Sections 3c and 3d, the president and commissioners serve without pay. The district reimburses reasonable, actual expenses under Section 3a.
Appointed five-member forest preserve boards
A five‑person board runs the forest preserve district. The county board chair appoints commissioners with county board approval. First appointments happen 60 to 90 days after the district forms. Initial terms are staggered from 1 to 5 years; later terms are five years. If a seat opens mid‑term, the chair appoints a replacement with board approval to serve the rest of the term.
Checks on land deals and spending votes
The board president leads meetings, votes, signs laws, and executes contracts. The president can veto any measure to buy land or build in the preserves; the veto must be filed within 5 days and can be overridden by a two‑thirds vote of all members. For any measure that spends money or creates liability, the board must record Yeas and Nays, and passage needs a majority of all members.
Elected forest preserve leaders in large counties
In counties with more than 800,000 but fewer than 3,000,000 people, forest preserve commissioners are elected by district. The board president is elected countywide for a 4‑year term and must live in the county. Commissioners must live in their district by the time the term starts; terms begin the first Monday after the election month. If the president or a commissioner leaves office, the board must fill the seat within 60 days; if more than 28 months remain, voters choose a replacement at the next general election. A commissioner or the president cannot also serve on the county board.
Nonpartisan at-large boards in border counties
In counties with more than 200,000 but fewer than 800,000 people that border Wisconsin and do not touch a county over 2,000,000, all commissioners are elected at large. Seven commissioners serve; at the first election the top three get 6‑year terms, the next two get 4‑year terms, and the last two get 2‑year terms. After each general election, commissioners choose a president for a 2‑year term. Candidates run without party labels and need petitions signed by at least 100 voters. Vacancies must be filled within 60 days; if more than 28 months remain, voters fill the rest at the next general election. Commissioners and the president may not hold any other office in the same county at the same time.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Daniel Didech
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Graciela Guzmán
Democratic • Senate
Katie Stuart
Democratic • House
Laura Faver Dias
Democratic • House
Laura Fine
Democratic • Senate
Lilian Jiménez
Democratic • House
Maura Hirschauer
Democratic • House
Sara Feigenholtz
Democratic • Senate
Suzanne M. Ness
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/21/2025
Third Reading - Passed;
Yes: 39 • No: 18
Senate vote • 5/8/2025
Do Pass Judiciary;
Yes: 5 • No: 3
House vote • 4/10/2025
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed
Yes: 74 • No: 38
House vote • 3/19/2025
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee;
Yes: 13 • No: 7
House vote • 3/5/2025
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee;
Yes: 12 • No: 5
Actions Timeline
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0040
8/1/2025HouseEffective Date January 1, 2026
8/1/2025HouseGovernor Approved
8/1/2025HouseSent to the Governor
6/17/2025HousePassed Both Houses
5/21/2025HouseThird Reading - Passed; 039-018-000
5/21/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
5/14/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2025
5/14/2025SenateSecond Reading
5/14/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2025
5/8/2025SenateDo Pass Judiciary; 005-003-000
5/8/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
5/7/2025SenateAssigned to Judiciary
4/29/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
4/23/2025SenateFirst Reading
4/23/2025SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
4/23/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2025
4/14/2025SenateArrive in Senate
4/14/2025SenateAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
4/10/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
4/10/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
4/10/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
4/10/2025HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-038-000
4/10/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/20/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
3/20/2025House
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
House Amendment 1
House Amendment 2
House Amendment 3
Introduced