---
type: "Bill"
title: "REAL ESTATE -VALUATION WAIVER"
description: "Amends the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002. Provides that a county or municipal engineer employed by a county or municipality or a consulting engineer under contract with a municipality (rather than only a county engineer employed by a county) is not required to have a license to perform a valuation in an amount less than $10,000 that is performed pursuant to certain federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5709"
citation: "Illinois HB 5709 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9dcaba4-6f18-4a1f-a9fc-fb9cbb4f27eb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5709&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80938&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "9a6dce193728a70d771fbba85a306f1d22fdc4fe99b776ccbbbd72c4e40f2775"
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 5709 (98th) — REAL ESTATE -VALUATION WAIVER

Amends the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002. Provides that a county or municipal engineer employed by a county or municipality or a consulting engineer under contract with a municipality (rather than only a county engineer employed by a county) is not required to have a license to perform a valuation in an amount less than $10,000 that is performed pursuant to certain federal law.

## 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=09800HB5709&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80938&DocNum=5709&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5709eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80938&DocNum=5709&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5709enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80938&DocNum=5709&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony DeLuca — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anthony DeLuca `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Anthony DeLuca `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee
- **2014-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 007-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Anthony DeLuca `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee
- **2014-04-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
- **2014-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-29** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass Local Government; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2014
- **2014-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2014-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0933 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9dcaba4-6f18-4a1f-a9fc-fb9cbb4f27eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).