republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-4663.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRUSTS-DIRECTED TRUST-APPLIED"
description: "Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. Adds provisions establishing a directed trust as a type of trust and establishes responsibilities among a distribution trust advisor, trust protector, and other parties to the trust. Provides that the changes to a trustee's powers in a directed trust apply to all trusts in existence on the effective date and all trusts created after that date. Provisions concerning the administration of a trust are available to any trust that is administered in Illinois or governed by Illinois law unless the trust instrument expressly prohibits the use of one or more those provisions by specific reference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4663"
citation: "Illinois HB 4663 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eed12b2-c1b7-4bd2-8824-dcb2cead467b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4663&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64452&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "7719d57faa1887b184f83810a25faee11abec217a23a5333f1adba9a019586c9"
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 4663 (97th) — TRUSTS-DIRECTED TRUST-APPLIED

Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. Adds provisions establishing a directed trust as a type of trust and establishes responsibilities among a distribution trust advisor, trust protector, and other parties to the trust. Provides that the changes to a trustee's powers in a directed trust apply to all trusts in existence on the effective date and all trusts created after that date. Provisions concerning the administration of a trust are available to any trust that is administered in Illinois or governed by Illinois law unless the trust instrument expressly prohibits the use of one or more those provisions by specific reference.

## 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=09700HB4663&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64452&DocNum=4663&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4663eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64452&DocNum=4663&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4663enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64452&DocNum=4663&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **106–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emily McAsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-01** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey `filing`
- **2012-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
- **2012-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-03-30** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-30** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2012-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-30** 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
- **2012-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0921 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0eed12b2-c1b7-4bd2-8824-dcb2cead467b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).