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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ELECTRONIC WILLS-SCOPE"
+description: "Amends the Electronic Nontestamentary Estate Planning Documents Article of the Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act. Provides that the Article does not apply to a nontestamentary estate planning document, will, or terms of a trust if the terms governing the document expressly preclude use of an electronic record or electronic signature (rather than does not apply to a nontestamentary estate planning document, will, or terms of a trust governing the document expressly preclude use of an electronic record or electronic signature)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "103rd"
+identifier: "HB 4251"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4251 (103rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Laura Ellman", "Margaret Croke"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-12-04"
+last_action: "2024-07-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e84abec-3298-471a-902e-31132237650d"
+source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4251&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=151057&SessionID=112"
+source_hash: "23b49ab7723ce4c7143896eaeed6239c1cd32196d92062cdf6e1519d9403173c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 4251 (103rd) — ELECTRONIC WILLS-SCOPE
+
+Amends the Electronic Nontestamentary Estate Planning Documents Article of the Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act. Provides that the Article does not apply to a nontestamentary estate planning document, will, or terms of a trust if the terms governing the document expressly preclude use of an electronic record or electronic signature (rather than does not apply to a nontestamentary estate planning document, will, or terms of a trust governing the document expressly preclude use of an electronic record or electronic signature).
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4251.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4251eng.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4251enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Laura Ellman — primary (person)
+- Margaret Croke — primary (person)
+- Jenn Ladisch Douglass — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Margaret Croke `filing`
+- **2024-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-16** Referred to Rules Committee
+- **2024-01-31** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 012-000-000
+- **2024-02-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
+- **2024-02-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2024-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2024-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2024 `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
+- **2024-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-19** Referred to Assignments
+- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-01** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
+- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2024 `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
+- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
+- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2025
+- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0666 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e84abec-3298-471a-902e-31132237650d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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