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Bill	JUDGMENT-EXEMPT PROPERTY	Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Adds, to the list of personal property that is exempt from judgment, attachment, or distress for rent, moneys held in educational expense accounts and similar types of educational savings accounts, including, but not limited to, funds invested in an ABLE Account as defined by Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code and funds invested in a 529 Plan as defined by Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 1246	Illinois SB 1246 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2017-02-07	2018-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/659b9e48-1d52-4a9d-8ffe-6f3d2ca2ae51	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1246&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=103495&SessionID=91&GA=100	1d4748ae4ce51d74a1bd273c8f5abcd6ccd62866a7db07e4c7bbc6f194db1ebc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1246 (100th) — JUDGMENT-EXEMPT PROPERTY

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Adds, to the list of personal property that is exempt from judgment, attachment, or distress for rent, moneys held in educational expense accounts and similar types of educational savings accounts, including, but not limited to, funds invested in an ABLE Account as defined by Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code and funds invested in a 529 Plan as defined by Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 100–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scott M. Bennett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett filing
• 2017-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2017-03-15 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2017-03-17 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
• 2017-03-29 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2017-04-06 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2017-04-06 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2017-04-07 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2018-03-14 Re-assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2018-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-11 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2018
• 2018-04-16 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2018-04-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 24, 2018
• 2018-04-26 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-04-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
• 2018-04-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-07 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2018-05-09 To Commercial Law Subcommittee
• 2018-05-16 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-16 Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
• 2018-05-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-16 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2018-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-17 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0922 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/659b9e48-1d52-4a9d-8ffe-6f3d2ca2ae51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).