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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 3661         </title>
<shortdesc>ESTATE TAX-EXCLUSION AMT</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Ryan Spain, Tony M. McCombie and Michael J. Coffey, Jr.</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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<synopsis>
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<reference>35 ILCS 405/4.1 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2024 may, in a written revocable testamentary document, allocate all or a portion of the decedent's unused exclusion amount, including any deceased spousal unused exclusion amount that is available to the decedent, to one or more children of the decedent. Provides that, if such an allocation is made, the amount so allocated shall not be available to the decedent's surviving spouse as a deceased spousal unused exclusion amount. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/17/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain</action>
<statusdate>2/17/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/17/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/23/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie</action>
<statusdate>3/18/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.</action>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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