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Bill	PROBATE-SMALL ESTATE-VALUE	Amends the Probate Act of 1975. In provisions concerning a small estate affidavit, increases the permissible maximum value of the decedent's personal estate from $50,000 to $100,000. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 2630	Illinois SB 2630 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2004-02-04	2004-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/5713547f-1be8-491d-a3e5-adc90a6f440f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2630&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=9153&SessionID=3&GA=93	ed6ec96c54376a2f6931137b58ede95626db028f22e1b0228f085b32fcab4906	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2630 (93rd) — PROBATE-SMALL ESTATE-VALUE

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. In provisions concerning a small estate affidavit, increases the permissible maximum value of the decedent's personal estate from $50,000 to $100,000. Effective immediately.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard J. Winkel, Jr. — primary (person)
• Rosemary Kurtz — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr. filing
• 2004-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-04 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-18 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2004-02-26 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
• 2004-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
• 2004-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2004-03-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-02 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-04 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Kurtz
• 2004-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-08-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-08-06 Effective Date August 6, 2004
• 2004-08-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0877 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5713547f-1be8-491d-a3e5-adc90a6f440f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).