---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRUST PROPERTY-TITLE;RECORDING"
description: "Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. Provides that the transfer of property to a trust requires a transfer of legal title to the trustee evidenced by a written instrument of conveyance and acceptance by the trustee. Provides that for any interest in real property to become trust property in a trust of which any transferor is a trustee, the instrument of conveyance shall additionally be recorded in the appropriate real property records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2842"
citation: "Illinois SB 2842 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/513cb0cd-b71f-4401-985b-5b0c025fac8a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2842&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96154&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "ff5add37e5775b62e769060f92e5c2c52cdc0fb6217c067466957cab11199c9f"
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 2842 (99th) — TRUST PROPERTY-TITLE;RECORDING

Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. Provides that the transfer of property to a trust requires a transfer of legal title to the trustee evidenced by a written instrument of conveyance and acceptance by the trustee. Provides that for any interest in real property to become trust property in a trust of which any transferor is a trustee, the instrument of conveyance shall additionally be recorded in the appropriate real property records.

## 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=09900SB2842&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96154&DocNum=2842&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2842eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96154&DocNum=2842&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2842enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96154&DocNum=2842&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2016-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-09** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2016-03-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Re-referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
- **2016-04-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 18, 2016
- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-05-05** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2016-05-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-09** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-13** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2016
- **2016-05-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-05** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0743 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/513cb0cd-b71f-4401-985b-5b0c025fac8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).