---
type: "Bill"
title: "REAL ESTATE LEASING ACT"
description: "REAL ESTATE LEASING ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 747"
citation: "Illinois SB 747 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 75
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-22T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59c1b8bf-d7d2-4a0c-ac16-f9b8c9481b0c"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "e2bcbc9bcf181318a94cf935bfd1df0487c22d1063975c8a8f58aae9c6610622"
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 747 (90th) — REAL ESTATE LEASING ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0747LV.html)

## Sponsors

- DART — cosponsor (person)
- FITZGERALD — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,LOU — cosponsor (person)
- SCHOENBERG — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STATE GOVERN `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 005-000-003 SGOA
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-14
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-18
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FITZGERALD
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 5-4(A) SA 01
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR KUBIK
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STATE GOV ADM `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO SCHOENBERG
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE,
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD READING AND
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PASSAGE DEADLINE
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** EXTENDED - 5/23/97
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE RULES
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS CONSIDERATION 003-002-000 HRUL
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD READING AND
- **1997-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** PASSAGE DEADLINE
- **1997-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** EXTENDED - 5/31/97
- **1997-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-SCHOENBERG
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SCHOENBERG
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SCHOENBERG
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SCHOENBERG
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL/004-001-000
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SCHOENBERG
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL/004-001-000
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SCHOENBERG
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED 116-000-001 `passage`
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SCHOENBERG
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED 117-000-001 `passage`
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(A) HA 1
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 117-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 02,03
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02,03/FITZGERALD
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GASH
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,LOU
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FLOWERS
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DART
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02,03/FITZGERALD
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02,03/FITZGERALD
- **1997-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SEXC
- **1997-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02,03/FITZGERALD
- **1997-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SEXC/013-000-000
- **1997-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02,03/FITZGERALD
- **1997-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 02,03/057-000-000
- **1997-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-30T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-22T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-22T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-06-01
- **1997-08-22T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0520

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59c1b8bf-d7d2-4a0c-ac16-f9b8c9481b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).