SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House Executive Committee has scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday to consider the marriage equality bill approved last week by the state Senate.
The measure needs six votes among the 11-member committee before it can advance to the full House; the Executive Committee is comprised of seven Democrats and four Republicans.
Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago), the bill’s sponsor in the House, said last week “the prospects are very good” that the measure will pass in the Democratic-controlled House.
Democratic Governor Pat Quinn said last Thursday that Illinois is “one step closer” to marriage equality, calling the measure “historic legislation.”
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Quinn has pledged to sign the measure if it reaches his desk, which would make Illinois the 10th state in the nation and to allow same-sex marriage.
The results of a Crain’s/Ipsos Illinois Poll released earlier this week found that 50 percent of the state’s adult residents support the same-sex marriage bill.