November 13, 2013
Illinois Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, left, is congratulated by lawmakers as gay marriage legislation passes on the House floor during veto session Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, in Springfield Ill. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, top center, looks on. Lawmakers voted 61-54 to send the measure back to the Senate to change the bill's effective date, just a technical change since the chamber already approved the measure in February. The measure will then head to Governor Quinn, who has pledged to sign it into the law.
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Marriage Equality Bill Passes in Illinois
On Tuesday, November 5, the Illinois House of Representatives voted in favor of Senate Bill 10 (SB10), the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, which ultimately makes Illinois the fifteenth state in the United States to pass marriage equality into law.