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type: "Bill"
title: "UNCLAIMED HUMAN REMAINS BURIAL"
description: "Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that the State Treasurer shall deliver any unclaimed human remains to the coroner of the county in which the human remains were abandoned. The only human remains that may be delivered to and received by the Treasurer are those that are reported and delivered as contents of a safe deposit box. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the coroner shall deliver the remains to the family of the deceased or, if none, then to the friends of the deceased. If that is not possible, the coroner shall arrange for a decent burial in the same manner as is done under current law. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 2689"
citation: "Illinois HB 2689 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-22"
last_action: "2005-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73df4f4a-5ed6-41ae-b0a6-84e78d563c3d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2689&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18702&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "efe2c19b6bc4109065f2144ac78871048f79351ff6b8b4608a2f61ed96a95e2a"
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 HB 2689 (94th) — UNCLAIMED HUMAN REMAINS BURIAL
Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that the State Treasurer shall deliver any unclaimed human remains to the coroner of the county in which the human remains were abandoned. The only human remains that may be delivered to and received by the Treasurer are those that are reported and delivered as contents of a safe deposit box. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the coroner shall deliver the remains to the family of the deceased or, if none, then to the friends of the deceased. If that is not possible, the coroner shall arrange for a decent burial in the same manner as is done under current law. Effective immediately.
## 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=09400HB2689&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18702&DocNum=2689&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2689eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18702&DocNum=2689&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2689enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18702&DocNum=2689&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dan Brady — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady `filing`
- **2005-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2005-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Do Pass Financial Institutions; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2005
- **2005-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0422 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73df4f4a-5ed6-41ae-b0a6-84e78d563c3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).