---
type: "Bill"
title: "REAL ESTATE LIC-ESCROW MONIES"
description: "REAL ESTATE LIC-ESCROW MONIES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 897"
citation: "Illinois SB 897 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9480ebac-d003-4d64-8cea-c46a55e87522"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "eae9cc224c198289909a160b6872d5d21f4fb709166b2aaf5669f7fd208335b3"
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 897 (90th) — REAL ESTATE LIC-ESCROW MONIES

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0897** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0897LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BRUNSVOLD — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,R — cosponsor (person)
- RAUSCHENBERGER — 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 LICENSED ACT. `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LICENSED ACT. S
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 SLIC
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-13
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-14
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-001 `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
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE SPONSOR BRUNSVOLD
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE FIN INSTIT `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 024-000-000 HFIN
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED DEUCHLER
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSING AFORDABLTY IMPCT NOTE REQUESTED DEUCHLER
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSING AFORDABLTY IMPCT NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN/DEUCHLER
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSING AFORDABILITY IMPCT NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-12T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-08
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0352

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9480ebac-d003-4d64-8cea-c46a55e87522`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).