---
type: "Bill"
title: "MARRIAGE ACT-CHILD HEALTH TRST"
description: "Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that the court in a dissolution judgment may also set aside a portion of the joint or separate estates of the parties in a fund or trust for the physical and mental health (at present, for the support, maintenance, education, and general welfare) of any minor, dependent, or incompetent child of the parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 454"
citation: "Illinois SB 454 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9692d51e-7fc7-4a14-9255-5186be14be09"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=454&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28203&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "3e2e81dd5800f3599874954d99af229225106c383c35710bb1c523c475f16beb"
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 454 (95th) — MARRIAGE ACT-CHILD HEALTH TRST

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that the court in a dissolution judgment may also set aside a portion of the joint or separate estates of the parties in a fund or trust for the physical and mental health (at present, for the support, maintenance, education, and general welfare) of any minor, dependent, or incompetent child of the parties.

## 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=09500SB0454&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28203&DocNum=454&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0454eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28203&DocNum=454&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0454enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28203&DocNum=454&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
- **2007-03-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2007
- **2007-03-15** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
- **2007-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-23** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0374 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9692d51e-7fc7-4a14-9255-5186be14be09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).