---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROBATE-PUBLIC ADMIN-RECORDS"
description: "Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that in counties with a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, a public administrator shall retain his or her records pursuant to the Local Records Act (instead of deposit records of discharged cases with the circuit court clerk)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2536"
citation: "Illinois SB 2536 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-11-29"
last_action: "2012-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b0705b-2d8a-4173-b22f-251b21337a69"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2536&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=62662&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "50590964e5669955480a40be15a9353e2f8393c8213cb4d6f7f6c4fc0e98e9f2"
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 2536 (97th) — PROBATE-PUBLIC ADMIN-RECORDS

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that in counties with a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, a public administrator shall retain his or her records pursuant to the Local Records Act (instead of deposit records of discharged cases with the circuit court clerk).

## 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=09700SB2536&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62662&DocNum=2536&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2536eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62662&DocNum=2536&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2536enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62662&DocNum=2536&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-11-29** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2011-11-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-11-29** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2012-02-23** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 24, 2012
- **2012-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2012
- **2012-03-22** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2012-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-10** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-02** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0882 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2b0705b-2d8a-4173-b22f-251b21337a69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).