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Bill	CHILD SUPPORT-LIFE INSURANCE	Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that in determining "net income", the total of all income from all sources is not reduced by the total income premiums for life insurance ordered by the court to reasonably secure payment of support for non-minor children and educational expenses, terms agreed to by the parties, or payment of maintenance (through existing or new life insurance). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3960	Illinois HB 3960 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2012-01-06	2012-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/824b71a8-1f0b-48b5-9bd3-4229e350d94a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3960&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=62804&SessionID=84&GA=97	e5996b2bf89f943eb1b7f6023ec62a87db80ed81494ee653cdc8bce12964cd7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3960 (97th) — CHILD SUPPORT-LIFE INSURANCE

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that in determining "net income", the total of all income from all sources is not reduced by the total income premiums for life insurance ordered by the court to reasonably secure payment of support for non-minor children and educational expenses, terms agreed to by the parties, or payment of maintenance (through existing or new life insurance). 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jil Tracy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-06 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jil Tracy filing
• 2012-01-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-01-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-02-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-02-29 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-02-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-29 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2012-02-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-29 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2012
• 2012-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0878 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/824b71a8-1f0b-48b5-9bd3-4229e350d94a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).