---
type: "Bill"
title: "BROKER MARKET ANALYSIS"
description: "Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. In provisions regarding a statement that must be contained in a broker price opinion or comparative market analysis, provides that the broker price opinion or comparative market analysis was prepared by a licensed real estate broker or managing broker who was not acting as a State certified real estate appraiser (rather than a licensed real estate broker or managing broker, not by a State certified real estate appraiser). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2961"
citation: "Illinois HB 2961 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c596622-93e7-41b0-8ea9-0a845ebd0918"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2961&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119297&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "00b8e7988a3d00c208f5c7d611846a3fbde0ba9e90261549d00fe59eebbdc89f"
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 2961 (101st) — BROKER MARKET ANALYSIS

Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. In provisions regarding a statement that must be contained in a broker price opinion or comparative market analysis, provides that the broker price opinion or comparative market analysis was prepared by a licensed real estate broker or managing broker who was not acting as a State certified real estate appraiser (rather than a licensed real estate broker or managing broker, not by a State certified real estate appraiser). Effective immediately.

## 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=10100HB2961&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119297&DocNum=2961&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2961eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119297&DocNum=2961&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2961enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119297&DocNum=2961&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Cunningham — primary (person)
- Robert Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 026-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2019-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Financial Institutions; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- **2019-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Effective Date July 12, 2019
- **2019-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0071 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c596622-93e7-41b0-8ea9-0a845ebd0918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).