Amends the Illinois Trust Code. Requires a trustee to maintain, for a minimum of 7 years after the termination of the trust, a copy of the governing trust instrument under which the trustee was authorized to act at the time the trust terminated. Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that property held in an account or plan, including a health savings account, that qualifies for tax deferral under the United States income tax law, is presumed abandoned 20 years after the account was opened. Requires State agencies to report final compensation due a State employee to the Treasurer's Office as unclaimed property if the employee dies while employed. Requires a holder who holds property presumed abandoned to hold the property in trust for the benefit of the State Treasurer on behalf of the owner from and after the date the property is presumed abandoned. Requires that the State Treasurer provide written notice to a State agency and the Governor's Office of Management and Budget of property presumed to be abandoned and allegedly owned by the State agency before it can be escheated to the State's General Revenue Fund if the property remains unclaimed after one year. Creates authority for the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to order a regulated person under the Act to immediately report and remit property subject to the Act if the Secretary determines that the action is necessary to protect the interest of an owner. Establishes a procedure regulating agreements between an owner or apparent owner and a finder to locate or recover property held by the State Treasurer. Requires a finder to be licensed by the State Treasurer and creates qualifications to be so licensed. Makes definitions. Makes other changes. The Treasurer is authorized to adopt rules as necessary to implement the Act. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1: Makes the changes to the licensing of a finder effective January 1, 2026. Provides that if the State Treasurer reasonably believes that the apparent owner of property presumed abandoned held under this Act is a State agency as defined in the Illinois State Auditing Act, the State Treasurer may give written notice to the chief executive officer of such State agency and the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. Changes a cross-reference.
House Floor Amendment No. 3: Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with these changes. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides those funds owed to the estate or heirs of a deceased State employee under the Act that are not paid within one year of the State employee's death shall be reported and remitted to the State Treasurer under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Makes the changes to the licensing of a finder effective January 1, 2026. Provides that if the State Treasurer reasonably believes that the apparent owner of property presumed abandoned held under this Act is a State agency as defined in the Illinois State Auditing Act, the State Treasurer may give written notice to the chief executive officer of such State agency and the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. Requires that, before the termination of a trust, a trustee must conduct a reasonable search for any trust property that has been reported and remitted to a State unclaimed property administrator. Provides that, in the tenth year after the opening of an account holding property covered by the Act for which the apparent owner has not, within the previous 3 years, indicated interest under the Act and that is not otherwise presumed abandoned, the holder shall attempt to contact the apparent owner in a manner substantially similar to the notice required by the Act. Requires the State Treasurer to adopt rules to implement the Act. Specifies that a provision of the Act concerning presumptively abandoned property does not apply to property insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, or other insurer of accounts approved by a depository institution's primary financial regulatory agency. Changes a cross-reference.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Trust Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Equality for Every Family Act. Amends the Illinois Paternity Act of 2015. Provides that the policy of this State is that a child has the same rights and protections under law to parentage without regard to the marital status, age, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation of the child's parents, or the circumstances of the child's birth, including whether the child was born as a result of assisted reproduction or surrogacy. Provides for who may sign an acknowledgment of parentage to establish the parentage of a child. Changes provisions regarding the use of genetic testing. Amends the Gestational Surrogacy Act. Provides that a parentage proceeding under the Gestational Surrogacy Act may be commenced in any county in the State. Makes requirements for a gestational surrogacy agreement and damages for a breach of such an agreement. Amends the Adoption Act. Provides for a process for a confirmatory adoption for children born through assisted reproduction. Makes other formatting and cross-referencing changes. Provides that a proceeding to adjudicate parentage that was commenced before the effective date of the amendatory Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the proceeding was commenced. Effective immediately, except that some provisions amending the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 are effective January 1, 2026.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 760 ILCS 3/809, 760 ILCS 3/810, 765 ILCS 1026/15
Engrossed: 30 ILCS 105/14, 760 ILCS 3/809, 760 ILCS 3/810, 765 ILCS 1026/15
Enrolled: 750 ILCS 46/102, 750 ILCS 46/103, 750 ILCS 46/105, 750 ILCS 46/107, 750 ILCS 46/201, 750 ILCS 46/204, 750 ILCS 46/205, 750 ILCS 46/301, 750 ILCS 46/302, 750 ILCS 46/303, 750 ILCS 46/305, 750 ILCS 46/401, 750 ILCS 46/402, 750 ILCS 46/403, 750 ILCS 46/404, 750 ILCS 46/405, 750 ILCS 46/407, 750 ILCS 46/408, 750 ILCS 46/501, 750 ILCS 46/502, 750 ILCS 46/601, 750 ILCS 46/602, 750 ILCS 46/603, 750 ILCS 46/604, 750 ILCS 46/605, 750 ILCS 46/606, 750 ILCS 46/608, 750 ILCS 46/609, 750 ILCS 46/610, 750 ILCS 46/612, 750 ILCS 46/614, 750 ILCS 46/615, 750 ILCS 46/617, 750 ILCS 46/621, 750 ILCS 46/622, 750 ILCS 46/702, 750 ILCS 46/703, 750 ILCS 46/704, 750 ILCS 46/705, 750 ILCS 46/707, 750 ILCS 46/708, 750 ILCS 46/709, 750 ILCS 46/710, 750 ILCS 46/903, 750 ILCS 47/5, 750 ILCS 47/10, 750 ILCS 47/15, 750 ILCS 47/20, 750 ILCS 47/25, 750 ILCS 47/26, 750 ILCS 47/27, 750 ILCS 47/30, 750 ILCS 47/35, 750 ILCS 47/36, 750 ILCS 47/37, 750 ILCS 47/39, 750 ILCS 47/55, 750 ILCS 47/60, 750 ILCS 47/70, 750 ILCS 47/75, 750 ILCS 50/21