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type: "Bill"
title: "PROBATE-SMALL ESTATE-ACTION"
description: "Amends provisions of the Probate Act of 1975 concerning small estate affidavits. Provides that any action properly taken under those provisions, as amended by Public Act 93-877 (which increased the permissible maximum value of the decedent's personal estate from $50,000 to $100,000), on or after the effective date of that Public Act is valid regardless of the date of death of the decedent. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 460"
citation: "Illinois SB 460 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13e5b18b-f3cb-4bdc-9611-7ab3b70a5476"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=460&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17247&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "307bd981259e54ee6b2a2c0c858e094e25aa38b7f4f7845999a880dd82e86af2"
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 460 (94th) — PROBATE-SMALL ESTATE-ACTION
Amends provisions of the Probate Act of 1975 concerning small estate affidavits. Provides that any action properly taken under those provisions, as amended by Public Act 93-877 (which increased the permissible maximum value of the decedent's personal estate from $50,000 to $100,000), on or after the effective date of that Public Act is valid regardless of the date of death of the decedent. 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=09400SB0460&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17247&DocNum=460&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0460eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17247&DocNum=460&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0460enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17247&DocNum=460&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Richard J. Winkel, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr. `filing`
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2005
- **2005-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2005
- **2005-04-07** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-07** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-17** Effective Date June 17, 2005
- **2005-06-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0057 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13e5b18b-f3cb-4bdc-9611-7ab3b70a5476`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).