republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-2611.md

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Bill	ESTATE TAX-TREASURER	Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Removes a requirement that Illinois transfer tax returns must be filed with the State Treasurer. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2611	Illinois SB 2611 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2016-02-16	2016-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/76b06523-fd13-4bed-a2cd-99d73f3959f1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2611&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=95904&SessionID=88&GA=99	609fd1681d02f6c0c1ce25a369da1fc5ffb180079b83d35066d2951eb9b5e3f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2611 (99th) — ESTATE TAX-TREASURER

Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Removes a requirement that Illinois transfer tax returns must be filed with the State Treasurer. 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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emil Jones, III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-16 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, III filing
• 2016-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-02-24 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Do Pass Revenue; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2016
• 2016-03-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 5, 2016
• 2016-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-14 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
• 2016-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-18 Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 To Sales and Other Taxes Subcommittee
• 2016-05-05 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-05 Remains in Revenue & Finance Committee
• 2016-05-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-15 Effective Date July 15, 2016
• 2016-07-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0575 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76b06523-fd13-4bed-a2cd-99d73f3959f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).