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Bill	TITLE INS-AGENTS-AFFIDAVIT	Amends the Title Insurance Act. With regard to the requirement that every application for registration of a title insurance agent shall include a signed and notarized affidavit of the applicant, 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, alternatively, the affidavit may accurately disclose any such 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 without a written notification (rather than a separate written notification) to the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation disclosing the conviction or plea.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2947	Illinois SB 2947 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2014-02-04	2014-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0bfe2e01-a64f-40cf-92ba-b8e76d66e653	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2947&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79118&SessionID=85&GA=98	23f1a7284e2ac539e8f388a288bcc89ff9327d972e137a6e425e8e8f4ad4221e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2947 (98th) — TITLE INS-AGENTS-AFFIDAVIT

Amends the Title Insurance Act. With regard to the requirement that every application for registration of a title insurance agent shall include a signed and notarized affidavit of the applicant, 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, alternatively, the affidavit may accurately disclose any such 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 without a written notification (rather than a separate written notification) to the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation disclosing the conviction or plea.

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 — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Insurance referral-committee
• 2014-02-27 Do Pass Insurance; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2014
• 2014-03-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2014
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2014-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Insurance Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 021-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-09 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-01 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0832 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bfe2e01-a64f-40cf-92ba-b8e76d66e653. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).