---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISSOL-PROPERTY DISSIPATION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. In provisions concerning the dissipation of marital or non-marital property, provides that a party's claim of dissipation is subject to the following conditions: a notice of intent to claim dissipation shall be given no later than 60 days before trial or 30 days after discovery closes, whichever is later; the notice shall contain, at a minimum, the time period during which the marriage began undergoing an irretrievable breakdown, an identification of the property dissipated, and the time during which the dissipation occurred; the notice shall be filed and served pursuant to applicable rules; and no dissipation shall be deemed to have occurred prior to 5 years before the filing of the petition for dissolution of marriage or 3 years after the party claiming dissipation knew or should have known of the dissipation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2569"
citation: "Illinois SB 2569 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-01-11"
last_action: "2012-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a36eb7a-7459-4b01-813e-f256f9b7527e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2569&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=62833&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "0887e0047282ea8ebc93ce382bca5da117710488ed10ed2874defcc895aecd4a"
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 2569 (97th) — DISSOL-PROPERTY DISSIPATION

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. In provisions concerning the dissipation of marital or non-marital property, provides that a party's claim of dissipation is subject to the following conditions: a notice of intent to claim dissipation shall be given no later than 60 days before trial or 30 days after discovery closes, whichever is later; the notice shall contain, at a minimum, the time period during which the marriage began undergoing an irretrievable breakdown, an identification of the property dissipated, and the time during which the dissipation occurred; the notice shall be filed and served pursuant to applicable rules; and no dissipation shall be deemed to have occurred prior to 5 years before the filing of the petition for dissolution of marriage or 3 years after the party claiming dissipation knew or should have known of the dissipation.

## 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=09700SB2569&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62833&DocNum=2569&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2569eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62833&DocNum=2569&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2569enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62833&DocNum=2569&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John G. Mulroe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `filing`
- **2012-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-01-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2012-02-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2012-02-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Judiciary
- **2012-02-28** Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 29, 2012
- **2012-02-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2012-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2012-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Mulroe `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2012
- **2012-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2012-03-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2012-03-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2012-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-16** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0941 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a36eb7a-7459-4b01-813e-f256f9b7527e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).