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HB4722 Engrossed LRB104 17379 JRC 30804 b AN ACT concerning courts.
*LRB10417379JRC35864a* Rep.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:
Lilian Jimenez Filed:
Section 5.
3/31/2026 10400HB4722ham001 LRB104 17379 JRC 35864 a AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4722 AMENDMENT NO.
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Amend House Bill 4722 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5.
"Depository" or "will depository" means the secure, sealed repository for original wills established and maintained under this Section.
10400HB4722ham001 -2- LRB104 17379 JRC 35864 a "Depository" or "will depository" means the secure, sealed repository for original wills established and maintained under this Section.
or HB4722 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 17379 JRC 30804 b (2) a person authorized by court order.
or (2) a person authorized by court order.
The clerk shall not collect a separate fee for additional documents concurrently deposited in relation to a single testator or for a single joint will prepared for a spouse or legally married person.
The clerk shall not collect a separate fee for additional documents concurrently deposited in relation to a 10400HB4722ham001 -3- LRB104 17379 JRC 35864 a single testator or for a single joint will prepared for a spouse or legally married person.
(1) provide the depositor with a receipt for the will, HB4722 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 17379 JRC 30804 b and the receipt shall contain the information designated on the envelope in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection;
(1) provide the depositor with a receipt for the will, and the receipt shall contain the information designated on the envelope in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection;
and (4) index the will alphabetically by the name of the testator and by the alternate names set forth by which the testator may have been known.
and (4) index the will alphabetically by the name of the 10400HB4722ham001 -4- LRB104 17379 JRC 35864 a testator and by the alternate names set forth by which the testator may have been known.
HB4722 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 17379 JRC 30804 b (1) alternate names by which the testator may have been known;
(1) alternate names by which the testator may have been known;
If 12 months from the testator's date of death have elapsed, and no named executor has removed the sealed will envelope from the depository, the clerk shall release it to any heir, creditor, or interested party who presents a court order granting them the authority to receive it.
If 10400HB4722ham001 -5- LRB104 17379 JRC 35864 a 12 months from the testator's date of death have elapsed, and no named executor has removed the sealed will envelope from the depository, the clerk shall release it to any heir, creditor, or interested party who presents a court order granting them the authority to receive it.
A will withdrawn HB4722 Engrossed - 5 - LRB104 17379 JRC 30804 b under this subsection is no longer subject to this Section.
A will withdrawn under this subsection is no longer subject to this Section.
(m) The depositing of a will with any clerk does not confer validity upon the will or any greater or lesser legal weight, validity, consideration, or priority than any other will of the same testator or testators under the provisions of the Probate Act of 1975.
(m) The depositing of a will with any clerk does not confer validity upon the will or any greater or lesser legal weight, validity, consideration, or priority than any other will of the same testator or testators under the provisions of the Probate Act of 1975.".