---
type: "Bill"
title: "COLLATERAL RECOVERY-LICENSE"
description: "Amends the Collateral Recovery Act of 1934. Provides that no repossession agency employee may be issued a recovery permit if the person has been convicted of specified crimes. Makes changes concerning which crimes the Illinois Commerce Commission may require a repossession agency licensee, a recovery manager licensee, or a recovery permit holder to disclose and which crimes the Commission may use in denying or disciplining a licensee or permit holder. Effective January 1, 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 3504"
citation: "Illinois SB 3504 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f95a4830-3291-4d4a-ac8f-924980b18e48"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3504&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=111587&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "12bfb4be3535e97d430b91c35198b8d42ae7cb3714e7f5c54856846ba51f09aa"
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 3504 (100th) — COLLATERAL RECOVERY-LICENSE

Amends the Collateral Recovery Act of 1934. Provides that no repossession agency employee may be issued a recovery permit if the person has been convicted of specified crimes. Makes changes concerning which crimes the Illinois Commerce Commission may require a repossession agency licensee, a recovery manager licensee, or a recovery permit holder to disclose and which crimes the Commission may use in denying or disciplining a licensee or permit holder. Effective January 1, 2019.

## 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=10000SB3504&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=111587&DocNum=3504&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3504eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=111587&DocNum=3504&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3504enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=111587&DocNum=3504&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 10, 2018
- **2018-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2018
- **2018-04-18** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-05-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
- **2018-05-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-25** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2018
- **2018-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-17** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0948 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f95a4830-3291-4d4a-ac8f-924980b18e48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).