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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PROBATE-SMALL ESTATE-VALUE"
+description: "Amends the Probate Act of 1975. In provisions concerning a small estate affidavit, increases the permissible maximum value of the decedent's personal estate from $50,000 to $100,000. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "93rd"
+identifier: "SB 2630"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2630 (93rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2004-02-04"
+last_action: "2004-08-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5713547f-1be8-491d-a3e5-adc90a6f440f"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2630&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=9153&SessionID=3&GA=93"
+source_hash: "ed6ec96c54376a2f6931137b58ede95626db028f22e1b0228f085b32fcab4906"
+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 SB 2630 (93rd) — PROBATE-SMALL ESTATE-VALUE
+
+Amends the Probate Act of 1975. In provisions concerning a small estate affidavit, increases the permissible maximum value of the decedent's personal estate from $50,000 to $100,000. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2630&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9153&DocNum=2630&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2630eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9153&DocNum=2630&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2630enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9153&DocNum=2630&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard J. Winkel, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Rosemary Kurtz — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2004-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr. `filing`
+- **2004-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2004-02-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2004-02-18** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2004-02-26** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2004-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
+- **2004-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
+- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2004-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2004-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2004-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2004-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2004-04-02** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2004-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2004-05-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2004-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
+- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
+- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
+- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
+- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Kurtz
+- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2004-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2004-08-06** Effective Date August 6, 2004
+- **2004-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0877 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5713547f-1be8-491d-a3e5-adc90a6f440f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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