# Illinois SB0026: PARENTAGE ACT-SCOPE Illinois SB0026, PARENTAGE ACT-SCOPE, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Don Harmon (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2025-07-02 (Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB0026-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB0026 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: PARENTAGE ACT-SCOPE - Status: passed house - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-07-02, Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments - Sponsor: Don Harmon (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 12 - Subjects: assignments, judiciary, judiciary - civil, executive - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (225 yes, 83 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the court shall apply Illinois law, including the rules on choice of law, to adjudicate the parent-child relationship, and that such applicable law may (rather than does not) depend on the place of birth of the child or the past or present residence of the child. Effective immediately. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Don Harmon (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Adriane L. Johnson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Emanuel "Chris" Welch (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Gregg Johnson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Harry Benton (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Javier L. Cervantes (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jawaharial Williams (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jay Hoffman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Laura M. Murphy (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mary Edly-Allen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michael Crawford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rick Ryan (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-29 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; | pass | 8 | 4 | | | 2025-05-29 | House | Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed | pass | 75 | 37 | | | 2025-05-23 | House | Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed | pass | 71 | 38 | | | 2025-05-23 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; | pass | 8 | 4 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 56 | 0 | | | 2025-01-31 | Senate | Do Pass Judiciary; | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (53) - 2025-07-02: Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-31: Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - May 29, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams (House) - 2025-05-29: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford (House) - 2025-05-29: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton (House) - 2025-05-29: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson (House) - 2025-05-29: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan (House) - 2025-05-29: Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 075-037-000 (House) - 2025-05-29: Chair Rules placed on standard debate. (House) - 2025-05-29: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-29: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted (House) - 2025-05-29: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 008-004-000 (House) - 2025-05-29: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez (House) - 2025-05-29: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive Committee (House) - 2025-05-29: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-05-29: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) - 2025-05-27: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch (House) - 2025-05-23: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-23: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-23: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-23: Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 008-004-000 (House) - 2025-05-23: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote (House) - 2025-05-23: Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 071-038-000 (House) - 2025-05-23: Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Executive Committee; Rep. Kam Buckner (House) - 2025-05-22: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee (House) - 2025-05-22: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-05-22: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) - 2025-05-22: Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) - 2025-05-22: Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2025 (House) - 2025-05-22: Assigned to Executive Committee (House) - 2025-05-09: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-17: Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee (House) - 2025-04-09: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-09: First Reading (House) - 2025-04-09: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita (House) - 2025-04-09: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-04-09: Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 4, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Assigned to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-01-13: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0026eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0026ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0026ham002.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0026.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/SB/PDF/10400SB0026eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0026ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0026ham002.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0026.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-SB0026-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).