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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAND TRUST BENEFICIARY RIGHTS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 4697"
citation: "Illinois HB 4697 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-05"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0479203-fa51-4088-80be-8914857b71d6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4697&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=93987&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "f26f68fb1319687b82f5f56e3d695c9748d60bc634076c896477d9d605a2664c"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4697&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=93987&DocNum=4697&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4697eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=93987&DocNum=4697&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4697enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=93987&DocNum=4697&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0479203-fa51-4088-80be-8914857b71d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).