ESTATE TAX-SPOUSAL EXCLUSION
Summary
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2027, if a valid election has been made under the Internal Revenue Code allowing a person to take into account a federal deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for the purposes of calculating the person's federal estate tax, then the person's Illinois exclusion amount shall include the Illinois deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for the deceased spouse with respect to whom the federal election was made. Effective immediately.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2026
Last action May 14, 2026
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Total actions
14
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Committee
1
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jil Tracy
RRepublican
Co
Craig Wilcox
RRepublican
Co
Dale Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Dave Syverson
RRepublican
Co
Don DeWitte
RRepublican
Co
Erica Harriss
RRepublican
Co
Jason Plummer
RRepublican
Co
John Curran
RRepublican
Co
Neil Anderson
RRepublican
Co
Sally Turner
RRepublican
Co
Seth Lewis
RRepublican
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