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type: "Bill"
title: "TRUST-DISTRIBUTION-OTHER TRUST"
description: "Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. In the Section concerning conditions and requirements for the distribution of trust principal to a second trust, changes definitions. Changes references to \"trustee\" to references to \"authorized trustee\". Relocates a provision that an authorized trustee's actions may not be deemed improper or inconsistent with the authorized trustee's duty of impartiality unless the court finds from all the evidence that the authorized trustee acted in bad faith. Makes technical and substantive changes in subsections concerning: purpose; distribution to the second trust; notice; court involvement; term of the second trust; divided discretion; distribution in future trust; authority to distribute; restrictions upon an authorized trustee; tax limitations; the written instrument; remedies; and application of the Section. Repeals a subsection concerning an exception to certain restrictions upon an authorized trustee. Relocates and makes technical and substantive changes to provisions concerning limits on the compensation of an authorized trustee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2984"
citation: "Illinois SB 2984 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c47d12c4-a079-4dcf-a12b-0cd967f27bd8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2984&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79228&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "a0cc66522b85ed36aa9c15a45d369891a134908904f2edf499bcf60842db6f7d"
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 2984 (98th) — TRUST-DISTRIBUTION-OTHER TRUST
Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. In the Section concerning conditions and requirements for the distribution of trust principal to a second trust, changes definitions. Changes references to "trustee" to references to "authorized trustee". Relocates a provision that an authorized trustee's actions may not be deemed improper or inconsistent with the authorized trustee's duty of impartiality unless the court finds from all the evidence that the authorized trustee acted in bad faith. Makes technical and substantive changes in subsections concerning: purpose; distribution to the second trust; notice; court involvement; term of the second trust; divided discretion; distribution in future trust; authority to distribute; restrictions upon an authorized trustee; tax limitations; the written instrument; remedies; and application of the Section. Repeals a subsection concerning an exception to certain restrictions upon an authorized trustee. Relocates and makes technical and substantive changes to provisions concerning limits on the compensation of an authorized trustee.
## 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=09800SB2984&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79228&DocNum=2984&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2984eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79228&DocNum=2984&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2984enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79228&DocNum=2984&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard `filing`
- **2014-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-26** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2014-03-05** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2014-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2014-03-20** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2014-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
- **2014-03-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 27, 2014
- **2014-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2014
- **2014-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
- **2014-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2014-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0946 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c47d12c4-a079-4dcf-a12b-0cd967f27bd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).