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Bill	TITLE INS-AGENTS-REGISTRATION	Amends the Title Insurance Act. Excludes limited liability companies from the requirement that every title insurance agent registration applicant must be 18 years or more of age. Provides that included in every application for registration of a title insurance agent, including a firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation, shall be an affidavit of the applicant title insurance agent, signed and notarized in front of a notary public, affirming that the applicant and every owner, officer, director, principal, member, or manager of the applicant has never been convicted or pled guilty to any felony or misdemeanor involving a crime of theft or dishonesty. Provides that no person who has had a conviction or pled guilty to any felony or misdemeanor involving theft or dishonesty may be registered by a title insurance company, and no such person may serve as an owner, officer, director, principal, or manager of any registered title insurance agent. Includes additional factors whereby the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation may refuse to grant or may suspend or revoke any certificate of authority, registration, or license issued pursuant to the Act or impose a fine for a violation of the Act. Effective January 1, 2014.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 1545	Illinois HB 1545 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2013-02-11	2013-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/33648389-8063-4fe8-b86a-aea196d61174	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1545&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=72452&SessionID=85&GA=98	ad929d2e01fd4ffc82f656226064a4c13037b18870cf7113ff8caafe3ec13fe6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1545 (98th) — TITLE INS-AGENTS-REGISTRATION

Amends the Title Insurance Act. Excludes limited liability companies from the requirement that every title insurance agent registration applicant must be 18 years or more of age. Provides that included in every application for registration of a title insurance agent, including a firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation, shall be an affidavit of the applicant title insurance agent, signed and notarized in front of a notary public, affirming that the applicant and every owner, officer, director, principal, member, or manager of the applicant has never been convicted or pled guilty to any felony or misdemeanor involving a crime of theft or dishonesty. Provides that no person who has had a conviction or pled guilty to any felony or misdemeanor involving theft or dishonesty may be registered by a title insurance company, and no such person may serve as an owner, officer, director, principal, or manager of any registered title insurance agent. Includes additional factors whereby the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation may refuse to grant or may suspend or revoke any certificate of authority, registration, or license issued pursuant to the Act or impose a fine for a violation of the Act. Effective January 1, 2014.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maria Antonia Berrios — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios filing
• 2013-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-19 Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee
• 2013-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2013-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2013-03-13 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2013-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 10, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2013-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 Assigned to Financial Institutions referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Postponed - Financial Institutions
• 2013-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2013-05-08 Do Pass Financial Institutions; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
• 2013-05-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2013
• 2013-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2014
• 2013-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0398 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33648389-8063-4fe8-b86a-aea196d61174. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).