---
type: "Bill"
title: "TITLE INS-SINGLE PARTY"
description: "Amends the Title Insurance Act. In the provision concerning settlement funds, provides that a purchaser, a seller, or a lender are each considered a single party to the transaction, regardless of the number of people or entities making up the purchaser, seller, or lender. Effective January 1, 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5677"
citation: "Illinois HB 5677 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2010-02-09"
last_action: "2010-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f488e5-facf-4c04-9573-99184aab9e3d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5677&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50873&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "948c6ad9bcfaff6f8ba2c70d40997cc0fae762d7d11057af0f019de7cdff90b8"
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 5677 (96th) — TITLE INS-SINGLE PARTY

Amends the Title Insurance Act. In the provision concerning settlement funds, provides that a purchaser, a seller, or a lender are each considered a single party to the transaction, regardless of the number of people or entities making up the purchaser, seller, or lender. Effective January 1, 2011.

## 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=09600HB5677&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50873&DocNum=5677&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5677eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50873&DocNum=5677&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5677enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50873&DocNum=5677&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **89–14** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **109–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Careen M. Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `filing`
- **2010-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-26** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Careen M. Gordon
- **2010-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2010-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2010-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2010
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
- **2010-05-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-05-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2010-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2010-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 010-000-002
- **2010-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 010-000-002
- **2010-05-06** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-05-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Haine `amendment-passage`
- **2010-05-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Haine `amendment-passage`
- **2010-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2010-05-06** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-05-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2
- **2010-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Careen M. Gordon
- **2010-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Careen M. Gordon
- **2010-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2010-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2010-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 109-001-000
- **2010-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 109-001-000
- **2010-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1457 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0f488e5-facf-4c04-9573-99184aab9e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).