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type: "Bill"
title: "TITLE INS-AGENTS-AFFIDAVIT"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2947"
citation: "Illinois SB 2947 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bfe2e01-a64f-40cf-92ba-b8e76d66e653"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2947&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79118&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "23f1a7284e2ac539e8f388a288bcc89ff9327d972e137a6e425e8e8f4ad4221e"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2947&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79118&DocNum=2947&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2947eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79118&DocNum=2947&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2947enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79118&DocNum=2947&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1010** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **510** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bfe2e01-a64f-40cf-92ba-b8e76d66e653`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).