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| Bill | TITLE INS - DISBURSEMENTS | Amends the Title Insurance Act. Provides that a title insurance company, title insurance agent, or independent escrowee shall not make disbursements in connection with any escrows, settlements, or closings out of a fiduciary trust account or accounts unless the funds in the aggregate amount of $50,000 or greater received from any single party to the transaction are wired funds unconditionally held by and credited to the fiduciary trust account of the title insurance company, title insurance agent, or independent escrowee; are good funds as defined in the provision; or are collected funds as defined in the provision. Provides that a title insurance company or title insurance agent shall not make disbursements in connection with any escrows, settlements, or closings out of a fiduciary trust account or accounts unless the funds in the amount of less than $50,000 received from any single party to the transaction are collected funds or good funds as defined in the provision. Sets forth definitions for "good funds" and "collected funds". Effective January 1, 2010. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | SB 2111 | Illinois SB 2111 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 41 | 3 | 2009-02-20 | 2009-08-24 | openstates | ocd-bill/54f199c9-5d21-45e4-975e-446dcb59aea1 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2111&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=45031&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 6f784a00945882a8a0645d76bc5e5f92df70ffeb7842a20941d98e9cd4245973 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 2111 (96th) — TITLE INS - DISBURSEMENTS
Amends the Title Insurance Act. Provides that a title insurance company, title insurance agent, or independent escrowee shall not make disbursements in connection with any escrows, settlements, or closings out of a fiduciary trust account or accounts unless the funds in the aggregate amount of $50,000 or greater received from any single party to the transaction are wired funds unconditionally held by and credited to the fiduciary trust account of the title insurance company, title insurance agent, or independent escrowee; are good funds as defined in the provision; or are collected funds as defined in the provision. Provides that a title insurance company or title insurance agent shall not make disbursements in connection with any escrows, settlements, or closings out of a fiduciary trust account or accounts unless the funds in the amount of less than $50,000 received from any single party to the transaction are collected funds or good funds as defined in the provision. Sets forth definitions for "good funds" and "collected funds". Effective January 1, 2010.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — 57–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Don Harmon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
filing - 2009-02-20 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-20 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-03-04 Assigned to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2009-03-11 Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
- 2009-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
amendment-introduction - 2009-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- 2009-03-30 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
- 2009-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
- 2009-04-01 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-04-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon
amendment-passage - 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-002
reading-3, passage - 2009-04-02 Arrived in House
introduction - 2009-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-04-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- 2009-04-02 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-04-02 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-04-20 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
referral-committee - 2009-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
amendment-introduction - 2009-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2009-04-29 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-04-30 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-001
reading-3, passage - 2009-05-19 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- 2009-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 20, 2009
- 2009-05-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon
filing - 2009-05-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- 2009-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-002
- 2009-05-27 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-06-25 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-08-24 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-08-24 Effective Date January 1, 2010
- 2009-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0645
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54f199c9-5d21-45e4-975e-446dcb59aea1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).