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Bill	TRUST PROPERTY-TITLE;RECORDING	Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. Provides that the transfer of property to a trust requires a transfer of legal title to the trustee evidenced by a written instrument of conveyance and acceptance by the trustee. Provides that for any interest in real property to become trust property in a trust of which any transferor is a trustee, the instrument of conveyance shall additionally be recorded in the appropriate real property records.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2842	Illinois SB 2842 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2016-02-17	2016-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/513cb0cd-b71f-4401-985b-5b0c025fac8a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2842&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96154&SessionID=88&GA=99	ff5add37e5775b62e769060f92e5c2c52cdc0fb6217c067466957cab11199c9f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2842 (99th) — TRUST PROPERTY-TITLE;RECORDING

Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. Provides that the transfer of property to a trust requires a transfer of legal title to the trustee evidenced by a written instrument of conveyance and acceptance by the trustee. Provides that for any interest in real property to become trust property in a trust of which any transferor is a trustee, the instrument of conveyance shall additionally be recorded in the appropriate real property records.

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 — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2016-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-17 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-02 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2016-03-09 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2016-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2016-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-16 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2016-03-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Re-referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-06 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-001-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
• 2016-04-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 18, 2016
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-05-05 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2016-05-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-09 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-13 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2016
• 2016-05-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-05 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0743 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/513cb0cd-b71f-4401-985b-5b0c025fac8a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).