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+type: "Bill"
+title: "REAL ESTATE LIC-ESCROW MONEYS"
+description: "Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Provides for the transfer by a licensee under the Act to the Office of the State Treasurer of escrow moneys, prior to the consummation or termination of a transaction, at the end of a 6-month time period when, in the absence of the filing of any claim in a court of competent jurisdiction, the principals to the transaction have remained in a continuous and uninterrupted dispute during that 6-month period."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "95th"
+identifier: "HB 1361"
+citation: "Illinois HB 1361 (95th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-02-20"
+last_action: "2008-08-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9d04f97-cd0e-424d-b335-0835ce8c57d1"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1361&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30135&SessionID=51&GA=95"
+source_hash: "fc25a74b43cec765155a5b575c95171db71534d1fe402e0b63b02a1a753aa7c5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 1361 (95th) — REAL ESTATE LIC-ESCROW MONEYS
+
+Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Provides for the transfer by a licensee under the Act to the Office of the State Treasurer of escrow moneys, prior to the consummation or termination of a transaction, at the end of a 6-month time period when, in the absence of the filing of any claim in a court of competent jurisdiction, the principals to the transaction have remained in a continuous and uninterrupted dispute during that 6-month period.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1361&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30135&DocNum=1361&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1361eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30135&DocNum=1361&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1361enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30135&DocNum=1361&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- LaShawn K. Ford — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-02-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford `filing`
+- **2007-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-03-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-04-17** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-04-17** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford `amendment-introduction`
+- **2007-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-04-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2007-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-04-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-04-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
+- **2007-04-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2007-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 1, 2007 `reading-1`
+- **2007-05-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
+- **2007-05-17** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-05-17** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2008-04-17** Assigned to Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2008-05-01** Do Pass Financial Institutions; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2008-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2008
+- **2008-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2008-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2008
+- **2008-05-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2008-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2008-05-23** Passed Both Houses
+- **2008-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2008-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2008-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2009
+- **2008-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0851 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9d04f97-cd0e-424d-b335-0835ce8c57d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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