---
type: "Bill"
title: "PAY ON DEATH ACT-BENEFICIARY"
description: "Amends the Illinois Trust and Payable on Death Accounts Act. Provides that \"beneficiary\" includes, but is not limited to, a natural person, corporation, charitable organization, or any other organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5469"
citation: "Illinois HB 5469 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-04"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d56105a-cdf7-49c5-b562-08263881ccdb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5469&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50509&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7ebfda1097828b6582de5e6419a1bbf402ff7e08f4a93825fd2f31bed666a9da"
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 5469 (96th) — PAY ON DEATH ACT-BENEFICIARY

Amends the Illinois Trust and Payable on Death Accounts Act. Provides that "beneficiary" includes, but is not limited to, a natural person, corporation, charitable organization, or any other organization.

## 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=09600HB5469&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50509&DocNum=5469&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5469eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50509&DocNum=5469&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5469enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50509&DocNum=5469&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keith Farnham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham `filing`
- **2010-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-09** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-09** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2010-03-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Terry Link
- **2010-03-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2010-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-21** Effective Date July 21, 2010
- **2010-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1151 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d56105a-cdf7-49c5-b562-08263881ccdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).