---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROBATE-DESTROY OR ALTER WILL"
description: "PROBATE-DESTROY OR ALTER WILL"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 1585"
citation: "Illinois HB 1585 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d754c6e2-2e80-41a3-9938-f857135018ee"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "522b55688b493f7d04a6aee482307c4a2db63a9e6f951b2899223d92f60a8ad4"
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 1585 (90th) — PROBATE-DESTROY OR ALTER WILL

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1585** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB1585LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BERMAN — cosponsor (person)
- CULLERTON — cosponsor (person)
- SCULLY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED CROSS
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED CROSS
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** JUDICIAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 109-005-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR BERMAN
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CULLERTON
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SJUD
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-08
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-09
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-23
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0159

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d754c6e2-2e80-41a3-9938-f857135018ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).