---
type: "Bill"
title: "TITLE INSURANCE ACT-HOME RULE"
description: "TITLE INSURANCE ACT-HOME RULE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 591"
citation: "Illinois SB 591 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/096e5608-b315-4ef2-b416-d38c189ad646"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "0e4d41e72dae8e7035c820a04f90d0b3a8a533ec2e73127f94994503b5e2627c"
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 SB 591 (90th) — TITLE INSURANCE ACT-HOME RULE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0591** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0591LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BIGGERT — cosponsor (person)
- BUTLER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE FIN INST `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FINANC. INST. S
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 005-003-000 SFIC
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-11
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** CARROLL-RULING ON
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PRE-EMTION OF
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** HOME RULE NOTE
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** CHAIR-PRE-EMPTS
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** HOME RULE
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** 3/5'S VOTE NEEDED
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** FOR PASSAGE.
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 042-008-004 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE FIN INSTIT `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE FIN INSTIT
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 020-005-002 HFIN
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSING AFORDABLTY IMPCT NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMEND. BY SA 1
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN/DEERING
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSING AFORDABLTY IMPCT NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN/DEERING
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSING AFORDABILITY IMPCT NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** 3/5 VOTE REQUIRED
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 094-019-004 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-10T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-01
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0317

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/096e5608-b315-4ef2-b416-d38c189ad646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).