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Bill	CNTY CD-CREMATE UNCLAIMED BODY	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that if human remains are unclaimed by family or friends, the coroner may bury or cremate (now, bury) the remains. Provides that a coroner may not approve the cremation of a body if it is necessary to preserve the body for law enforcement purposes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 3478	Illinois SB 3478 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	35	3	2010-02-10	2010-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/dbcf240d-fb23-4832-b2f4-1cef395b23d9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3478&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51387&SessionID=76&GA=96	e3b4669857fad8f8a5a561e9616bbde0040275dc0d2ece5806ae7cadb76030eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3478 (96th) — CNTY CD-CREMATE UNCLAIMED BODY

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that if human remains are unclaimed by family or friends, the coroner may bury or cremate (now, bury) the remains. Provides that a coroner may not approve the cremation of a body if it is necessary to preserve the body for law enforcement purposes. 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 — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 97–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dave Syverson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson filing
• 2010-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2010-03-04 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2010
• 2010-03-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010
• 2010-03-15 Third Reading - Passed; 046-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-16 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
• 2010-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-08 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2010-04-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Counties & Townships Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-04-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-016-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-23 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2010-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - April 27, 2010
• 2010-04-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Dave Syverson filing
• 2010-04-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-05-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2010-05-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 006-000-000
• 2010-05-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 049-000-000
• 2010-05-03 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-06-01 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-27 Effective Date July 27, 2010
• 2010-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1339 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbcf240d-fb23-4832-b2f4-1cef395b23d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).