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Bill	INS PRODUCER LICENSE	Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Increases the number of hours a person must complete for an insurance producer license. Provides that before each license renewal, an insurance producer must satisfactorily complete at least 24 hours (instead of 30 hours) of course study and that at lease 3 hours must consist of classroom ethics instruction. Specifies that the pre-licensing course of study must be before the insurance exam. Provides that 7.5 hours of each pre-licensing course must be completed in a classroom setting, except Motor Vehicle, which would require 5 hours in a classroom setting. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 70	Illinois HB 70 (96th)	bill		enacted		4	47	4	2009-01-09	2009-12-23	openstates	ocd-bill/8759b316-6a7d-4388-aa03-f6478fa8395f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=70&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40054&SessionID=76&GA=96	f0702707209863a282869f4d31b3a2a4ffd342a6c1b29e6d6f376c039ef9697f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 70 (96th) — INS PRODUCER LICENSE

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Increases the number of hours a person must complete for an insurance producer license. Provides that before each license renewal, an insurance producer must satisfactorily complete at least 24 hours (instead of 30 hours) of course study and that at lease 3 hours must consist of classroom ethics instruction. Specifies that the pre-licensing course of study must be before the insurance exam. Provides that 7.5 hours of each pre-licensing course must be completed in a classroom setting, except Motor Vehicle, which would require 5 hours in a classroom setting. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Re-Enrolled (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion — 115–0 (fail) · lower
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Marlow H. Colvin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-09 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin filing
• 2009-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2009-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2009-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2009-02-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-02-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2009-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2009-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2009-02-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-02-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 25, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-02-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2009-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Insurance referral-committee
• 2009-04-30 Postponed - Insurance
• 2009-05-07 Do Pass Insurance; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
• 2009-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Amendatory Veto executive-veto
• 2009-10-05 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 14, 2009
• 2009-10-14 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2009-10-14 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-10-14 Amendatory Veto Motion - Accept Motion Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-10-15 Accept Amendatory Veto - House Passed 115-000-000
• 2009-10-22 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 28, 2009
• 2009-10-27 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2009-10-27 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-10-28 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Insurance referral-committee
• 2009-10-28 Amendatory Veto Motion - Accept Motion Recommends Do Adopt Insurance; 008-000-000
• 2009-10-30 Accept Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 052-000-000
• 2009-10-30 Both Houses Accepted Amendatory Veto
• 2009-11-25 Returned to Governor for Certification
• 2009-12-23 Governor Certifies Changes
• 2009-12-23 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-12-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0839 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8759b316-6a7d-4388-aa03-f6478fa8395f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).