---
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).