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Introduced Session

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Equality for Every Family Act. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the policy of this State is that a child has the same rights and protections under law to parentage without regard to the marital status, age, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation of the child's parents, or the circumstances of the child's birth, including whether the child was born as a result of assisted reproduction or surrogacy. Provides for who may sign an acknowledgment of parentage to establish the parentage of a child. Changes provisions regarding the use of genetic testing. Amends the Gestational Surrogacy Act. Provides that a parentage proceeding under the Gestational Surrogacy Act may be commenced in any county in the State. Makes requirements for a gestational surrogacy agreement and damages for a breach of such an agreement. Amends the Adoption Act. Provides for a process for a confirmatory adoption for children born through assisted reproduction. Makes other formatting and cross-referencing changes. Provides that a proceeding to adjudicate parentage that was commenced before the effective date of the amendatory Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the proceeding was commenced. Effective immediately, except that some provisions amending the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 are effective January 1, 2026.

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Don Harmon (D)*,  Tracy Katz Muhl (D)*,  Jaime Andrade (D),  Dee Avelar (D),  Diane Blair-Sherlock (D),  Amy Briel (D),  Kam Buckner (D),  Mary Beth Canty (D),  Kelly Cassidy (D),  Sharon Chung (D),  Michael Crawford (D),  Margaret Croke (D),  Lisa Davis (D),  Eva-Dina Delgado (D),  Martha Deuter (D),  Dan Didech (D),  Mary Edly-Allen (D),  Marcus Evans (D),  Laura Faver Dias (D),  Sara Feigenholtz (D),  Laura Fine (D),  Robyn Gabel (D),  Jen Gong-Gershowitz (D),  Edgar González (D),  Jehan Gordon-Booth (D),  Nicolle Grasse (D),  Graciela Guzmán (D),  Will Guzzardi (D),  Mike Halpin (D),  Barbara Hernandez (D),  Lisa Hernandez (D),  Norma Hernandez (D),  Maura Hirschauer (D),  Hoan Huynh (D),  Lilian Jiménez (D),  Adriane Johnson (D),  Gregg Johnson (D),  Dave Koehler (D),  Lindsey LaPointe (D),  Camille Lilly (D),  Theresa Mah (D),  Joyce Mason (D),  Anna Moeller (D),  Bob Morgan (D),  Michelle Mussman (D),  Kevin Olickal (D),  Aarón Ortíz (D),  Robert Peters (D),  Mike Simmons (D),  Anne Stava-Murray (D),  Karina Villa (D),  Celina Villanueva (D),  Ann Williams (D), 

Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0448 (on 12/12/2025)

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