---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROBATE ACT-SMALL ESTATES"
description: "PROBATE ACT-SMALL ESTATES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 361"
citation: "Illinois SB 361 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/803285ac-dcb2-4df8-ac62-3a8f206f46dd"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "553753a31868bd52b97e9d93750b5ebe6536602402cb3e0049395da5772a046f"
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 361 (90th) — PROBATE ACT-SMALL ESTATES

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0361LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BIGGERT — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- O'MALLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** SPONSOR REMOVED GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO O'MALLEY
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 SJUD
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-06
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE SPONSOR BIGGERT
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-10T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-01
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0307

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/803285ac-dcb2-4df8-ac62-3a8f206f46dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).