# Illinois HB4508: MARRIAGE LICENSE VIDEO APPEAR Illinois HB4508, MARRIAGE LICENSE VIDEO APPEAR, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-04-15 (Referred to Assignments) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4508-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB4508 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: MARRIAGE LICENSE VIDEO APPEAR - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-20 - Last action: 2026-04-15, Referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: judiciary - civil, assignments - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (97 yes, 51 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires each county clerk to establish a process within 6 months or sooner after the effective date of the amendatory Act that allows a party or parties to participate in a video conferencing application in which a party may be seen and heard by the county clerk in real time if a party cannot travel or has difficulty traveling because of a disability, physical impairment, or health condition that impedes the mobility of a party to appear in person. Provides for such a party, at the sole discretion of the county clerk, the county clerk or designee may go to a party's location to complete the application. Requires that a request to the county clerk to complete the application in-person at a party's location must be supported by a written note or certification from a medical professional or licensed physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, LPN, CNA, or hospice professional stating the accommodation is necessary to prevent a hardship as provided in the Act. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Mary Beth Canty (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mary Edly-Allen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Nicolle Grasse (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rick Ryan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Yolonda Morris (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-14 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 73 | 38 | | | 2026-04-08 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; | pass | 12 | 7 | | | 2026-02-18 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; | pass | 12 | 6 | | ## Actions (24) - 2026-04-15: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-15: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-038-000 (House) - 2026-04-14: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-14: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted (House) - 2026-04-10: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-10: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-09: Fiscal Note Filed (House) - 2026-04-08: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 012-007-000 (House) - 2026-03-18: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee (House) - 2026-03-17: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-03-17: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nicolle Grasse (House) - 2026-03-10: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty (House) - 2026-02-23: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan (House) - 2026-02-18: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-02-18: Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 012-006-000 (House) - 2026-02-11: Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee (House) - 2026-01-26: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-01-26: First Reading (House) - 2026-01-21: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris (House) - 2026-01-20: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicolle Grasse (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4508eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4508ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4508.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4508eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4508ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4508.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4508-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).