---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROBATE-CITATIONS TO RECOVER"
description: "Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the court shall order a citation to issue for the appearance before it of any person whom the petitioner believes may be liable to the estate of a ward pursuant to any civil cause of action. Makes other changes concerning persons who may be issued a citation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1308"
citation: "Illinois SB 1308 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-18"
last_action: "2015-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d49cc60c-b1fa-4a75-b301-c53f40f1573f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1308&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=87788&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "f554aa6e74d665938f3b76eca0d5dbca20c6a9ffdc5026d71047cd3489d7a001"
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 1308 (99th) — PROBATE-CITATIONS TO RECOVER

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the court shall order a citation to issue for the appearance before it of any person whom the petitioner believes may be liable to the estate of a ward pursuant to any civil cause of action. Makes other changes concerning persons who may be issued a citation.

## 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=09900SB1308&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=87788&DocNum=1308&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1308eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=87788&DocNum=1308&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1308enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=87788&DocNum=1308&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2015-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-25** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2015-03-11** Do Pass Judiciary; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2015
- **2015-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2015
- **2015-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
- **2015-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0093 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d49cc60c-b1fa-4a75-b301-c53f40f1573f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).