---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL LAW-TECH"
description: "Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning public administrators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1051"
citation: "Illinois SB 1051 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2013-01-24"
last_action: "2014-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11b6cba0-9448-4a1d-950d-2ae2d7414e46"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1051&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=70821&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "f82fa48bdcff5533d82d97be2210d81bae266ddf03b6c5d7ce922ed64bad8ddf"
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 1051 (98th) — CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning public administrators.

## 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=09800SB1051&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=70821&DocNum=1051&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1051eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=70821&DocNum=1051&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1051enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=70821&DocNum=1051&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **69–45** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dwight Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stadelman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2013-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013
- **2013-04-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2013
- **2013-04-16** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2014-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2014
- **2014-04-11** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 1, 2014 `reading-3`
- **2014-05-05** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 8, 2014 `reading-3`
- **2014-05-07** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Steve Stadelman
- **2014-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-09** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 16, 2014 `reading-3`
- **2014-05-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2014-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
- **2014-05-16** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 23, 2014 `reading-3`
- **2014-05-23** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Stadelman `amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2014-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-05-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. David Harris
- **2014-05-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-05-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-27** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 30, 2014
- **2014-05-27** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-27** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Judiciary; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2014-05-27** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 069-045-000
- **2014-05-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
- **2014-05-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
- **2014-05-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
- **2014-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-26** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1094 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11b6cba0-9448-4a1d-950d-2ae2d7414e46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).