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Introduced
01/08/2026
01/08/2026
In Committee
01/14/2026
01/14/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
104th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Amends the Parentage Act of 2015. Requires any individual who is an intended parent to undergo and pass a comprehensive criminal background check and screening before any insemination or embryo transfer. Provides that failure to do so waives any presumption that the person is the legal parent of any resulting child born through assisted reproduction. Prohibits an individual who is an intended parent from becoming the legal parent of a child resulting from the use of assisted reproduction if the intended parent has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to or nolo contendere to a list of criminal offenses. Makes the same changes to the Gestational Surrogacy Act. Amends the Illinois Fertility Fraud Act. Creates a cause of action against a health care provider by a child born as a result of assisted reproductive treatment if the health care provider failed to conduct a comprehensive criminal background check and screening of the child's intended parents that would have revealed that the intended parent had been convicted of or pled guilty to or nolo contendere to any specified violations and that child later suffered sexual abuse or sexual assault by that intended parent.
AI Summary
This bill amends existing Illinois laws concerning parentage and surrogacy to require intended parents to undergo comprehensive criminal background checks and screenings before using assisted reproduction, such as insemination or embryo transfer. These checks will include fingerprint-based criminal history checks with the Illinois State Police and FBI, reviews of child abuse and neglect registries, and checks of sex offender registries. Failure to pass these screenings will result in the forfeiture of any legal presumption of parentage for the child born through assisted reproduction. Furthermore, individuals convicted of or pleading guilty to specific serious offenses, including various forms of murder, child sexual assault, and aggravated battery against a child, will be prohibited from becoming legal parents of a child conceived through assisted reproduction. The bill also creates a new cause of action under the Illinois Fertility Fraud Act, allowing a child born via assisted reproductive treatment to sue a healthcare provider if the provider failed to conduct the required background check on the intended parent, and that child later suffers sexual abuse or assault by that parent. These changes are applied to the Parentage Act of 2015 and the Gestational Surrogacy Act, with similar provisions for intended parents in surrogacy agreements.
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Referred to Rules Committee (on 01/14/2026)
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