---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRUSTS-BENEFICIARY-POWER LAPSE"
description: "Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. Provides that a trust beneficiary may not be considered to be a settlor or to have made a transfer to the trust merely because of a lapse, release, or waiver of his or her power of withdrawal to the extent the value of the affected property does not exceed amounts specified in the Internal Revenue Code. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2509"
citation: "Illinois SB 2509 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-06"
last_action: "2010-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d07326c5-32dc-44d2-b839-4e167cf9e6e4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2509&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49086&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "519bd303ad3c619e0ad0284379ee3a36802b1740d1f5b910e3abf54858299952"
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 2509 (96th) — TRUSTS-BENEFICIARY-POWER LAPSE

Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. Provides that a trust beneficiary may not be considered to be a settlor or to have made a transfer to the trust merely because of a lapse, release, or waiver of his or her power of withdrawal to the extent the value of the affected property does not exceed amounts specified in the Internal Revenue Code. 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=09600SB2509&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49086&DocNum=2509&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2509eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49086&DocNum=2509&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2509enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49086&DocNum=2509&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard `filing`
- **2010-01-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-17** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
- **2010-02-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
- **2010-02-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2010-03-12** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
- **2010-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 015-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-04-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2010-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Effective Date July 2, 2010
- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0980 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d07326c5-32dc-44d2-b839-4e167cf9e6e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).