104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3901
 
Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
750 ILCS 5/105  from Ch. 40, par. 105
    Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides legislative intent that the misuse of artificial intelligence involves the fabrication of evidence that can be fake, manipulated, or non-existent that can have a profound effect in family law cases. Provides that its misuse can be particularly harmful in family law proceedings because of the emotion involved. Requires that on the request of either party, the court must review evidence under Supreme Court Rule 901 to evaluate proposed evidence that may have been generated by artificial intelligence as that term is defined in the Illinois Human Rights Act.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 
5Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 105 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 5/105)  (from Ch. 40, par. 105)
7    Sec. 105. Application of Civil Practice Law.) 
8    (a) The provisions of the Civil Practice Law shall apply 
9to all proceedings under this Act, except as otherwise 
10provided in this Act.
11    (b) A proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal 
12separation or declaration of invalidity of marriage shall be 
13entitled "In re the Marriage of ... and ...". A parental 
14responsibility allocation or support proceeding shall be 
15entitled "In re the (Parental Responsibility) (Support) of 
16...".
17    (c) The initial pleading in all proceedings under this Act 
18shall be denominated a petition. A responsive pleading shall 
19be denominated a response. If new matter by way of defense is 
20pleaded in the response, a reply may be filed by the 
21petitioner, but the failure to reply is not an admission of the 
22legal sufficiency of the new matter. All other pleadings under 
23this Act shall be denominated as provided in the Civil 
 
 
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1Practice Law.
2    (c-5) Notwithstanding any other law, the court must review 
3evidence in proceedings under this Act under Supreme Court 
4Rule 901 to evaluate whether the proposed evidence may have 
5been generated by artificial intelligence as that term is 
6defined in the Illinois Human Rights Act. 
7    (d) As used in this Section, "pleadings" includes any 
8petition or motion filed in the dissolution of marriage case 
9which, if independently filed, would constitute a separate 
10cause of action, including, but not limited to, actions for 
11declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and orders of 
12protection. Actions under this subsection are subject to 
13motions filed pursuant to Sections 2-615 and 2-619 of the Code 
14of Civil Procedure. 
15(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)