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Bill	PROBATE-SMALL EST-SURV SPOUSE	Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the minimum surviving spouse award is $20,000 (instead of $10,000) with an additional minimum award of $10,000 (instead of $5,000) for a surviving minor child or an adult dependent child. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5161	Illinois HB 5161 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	37	3	2010-01-29	2010-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/0d53ade6-4c42-45a8-b6d8-0fc6f5858ea0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5161&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50099&SessionID=76&GA=96	301b50f6e5ead4eb3db4b27f01556d5e16ffd42f8870b8cc4c918353177930cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5161 (96th) — PROBATE-SMALL EST-SURV SPOUSE

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the minimum surviving spouse award is $20,000 (instead of $10,000) with an additional minimum award of $10,000 (instead of $5,000) for a surviving minor child or an adult dependent child. 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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-01-29 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard filing
• 2010-01-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2010-03-09 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 10, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2010-03-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2010-04-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine amendment-introduction
• 2010-04-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2010-04-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2010-04-20 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2010
• 2010-04-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2010-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2010-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-05-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2010-05-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-000-000
• 2010-05-03 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-06-01 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-02 Effective Date July 2, 2010
• 2010-07-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0968 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d53ade6-4c42-45a8-b6d8-0fc6f5858ea0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).