republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-4697.md

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Bill	LAND TRUST BENEFICIARY RIGHTS	Creates the Land Trust Beneficiary Rights Act. Provides that if the identity of the trustee of a land trust has been changed by virtue of sale, assignment, appointment, or otherwise, but the beneficial owner or owners of the land trust remain unchanged, the rights of the beneficial owner or owners shall in no way be impaired by the change of trustees. Provides that a change of trustees pursuant to a sale, acquisition, or appointment governed by the Corporate Fiduciaries Act is not a bar or defense to any pending court action filed by or in the name of either the previous trustee or the new trustee, irrespective of whether the court action was originally filed in a representative capacity on behalf of the beneficial owner or owners.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4697	Illinois HB 4697 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2016-02-05	2016-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/e0479203-fa51-4088-80be-8914857b71d6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4697&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=93987&SessionID=88&GA=99	f26f68fb1319687b82f5f56e3d695c9748d60bc634076c896477d9d605a2664c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4697 (99th) — LAND TRUST BENEFICIARY RIGHTS

Creates the Land Trust Beneficiary Rights Act. Provides that if the identity of the trustee of a land trust has been changed by virtue of sale, assignment, appointment, or otherwise, but the beneficial owner or owners of the land trust remain unchanged, the rights of the beneficial owner or owners shall in no way be impaired by the change of trustees. Provides that a change of trustees pursuant to a sale, acquisition, or appointment governed by the Corporate Fiduciaries Act is not a bar or defense to any pending court action filed by or in the name of either the previous trustee or the new trustee, irrespective of whether the court action was originally filed in a representative capacity on behalf of the beneficial owner or owners.

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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ann M. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2016-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz amendment-introduction
• 2016-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
• 2016-04-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2016-04-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
• 2016-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-14 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ann M. Williams
• 2016-04-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 20, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2016-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2016-05-04 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2016
• 2016-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
• 2016-05-24 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0609 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0479203-fa51-4088-80be-8914857b71d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).