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type: "Bill"
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title: "SMALL ESTATE AFFIDAVIT"
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description: "Amends the Small Estates Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Allows a small estate affidavit to be used to transfer personal property in a decedent's estate if: (1) no letters of office are outstanding on the decedent's estate and no petition for letters is contemplated or pending in the State or in any other jurisdiction; and (2) the decedent's personal estate passing to any party by intestacy or under a will is limited to tangible and intangible personal property not exceeding $150,000 and motor vehicles registered with the Secretary of State. Makes a corresponding change in the form for a small estate affidavit. Provides that the changes made to the Act apply to a decedent whose date of death is on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "104th"
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identifier: "SB 83"
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citation: "Illinois SB 83 (104th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Curtis J. Tarver, II", "Doris Turner"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-08-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c285d3c-e374-4276-bead-ee49b289fe9f"
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source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=83&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=157195&SessionID=114"
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source_hash: "37216f72bbf0f4c003868a2a1694cd39bd628f2d59df120191e2f10bbd90176e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 83 (104th) — SMALL ESTATE AFFIDAVIT
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Amends the Small Estates Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Allows a small estate affidavit to be used to transfer personal property in a decedent's estate if: (1) no letters of office are outstanding on the decedent's estate and no petition for letters is contemplated or pending in the State or in any other jurisdiction; and (2) the decedent's personal estate passing to any party by intestacy or under a will is limited to tangible and intangible personal property not exceeding $150,000 and motor vehicles registered with the Secretary of State. Makes a corresponding change in the form for a small estate affidavit. Provides that the changes made to the Act apply to a decedent whose date of death is on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0083.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0083eng.pdf)
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3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0083sam001.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0083enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Judiciary — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **54–1** (pass) · upper
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- Judiciary, Amendment 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Curtis J. Tarver, II — primary (person)
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- Doris Turner — primary (person)
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- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
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- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
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- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-17** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Doris Turner `filing`
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- **2025-01-17** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-17** Referred to Assignments
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- **2025-01-22** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-31** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000
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- **2025-01-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 4, 2025 `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Doris Turner `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
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- **2025-02-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
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- **2025-02-26** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
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- **2025-02-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 007-000-000
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- **2025-03-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; D. Turner `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2025
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- **2025-04-03** Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
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- **2025-04-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
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- **2025-04-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2025-04-04** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
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- **2025-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-07** Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 019-000-000
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- **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
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- **2025-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
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- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2025-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2025
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- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0346 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c285d3c-e374-4276-bead-ee49b289fe9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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