---
type: "Bill"
title: "REAL ESTATE-CONTINUING ED"
description: "Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Removes the restriction that managing brokers and brokers can earn no more than 6 hours of continuing education credit in one calendar day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 6245"
citation: "Illinois HB 6245 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f752aacb-0520-4ae6-b125-cee578723926"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6245&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=97029&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "f0233cdb90ddaa41dafa2e965e0860ec4e807e275f080bd945ec98c7a3c6d796"
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 6245 (99th) — REAL ESTATE-CONTINUING ED

Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Removes the restriction that managing brokers and brokers can earn no more than 6 hours of continuing education credit in one calendar day.

## 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=09900HB6245&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=97029&DocNum=6245&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6245eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=97029&DocNum=6245&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6245enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=97029&DocNum=6245&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
- **2016-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2016 `reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2016-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2016-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2016
- **2016-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
- **2016-05-27** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2016
- **2016-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2016-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-05** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0728 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f752aacb-0520-4ae6-b125-cee578723926`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).