---
type: "Bill"
title: "RENTAL VEH-DAMAGE WAIVER"
description: "Amends the Renter's Financial Responsibility and Protection Act. Provides that a rental company may void a damage waiver for damage or loss to the rental vehicle if the rental vehicle is stolen and the renter fails to: (i) return the rental vehicle's ignition key and the key tag identifying the rental vehicle to the rental vehicle company; (ii) file a police report within the 24-hour period after discovery of the rental vehicle theft; and (iii) fully cooperate with the rental company, law enforcement agency, or any other authority in all matters connected to the investigation of the stolen rental vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 1536"
citation: "Illinois SB 1536 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Antonio Muñoz", "Jaime M. Andrade, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dedc592-e580-47f4-bf43-f8f6fbe05e31"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1536&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134169&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "78637bcb90f7803b49b2d2f8d1372ac570e59ee1df3251930b4b9fdd21a27f27"
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 1536 (102nd) — RENTAL VEH-DAMAGE WAIVER

Amends the Renter's Financial Responsibility and Protection Act. Provides that a rental company may void a damage waiver for damage or loss to the rental vehicle if the rental vehicle is stolen and the renter fails to: (i) return the rental vehicle's ignition key and the key tag identifying the rental vehicle to the rental vehicle company; (ii) file a police report within the 24-hour period after discovery of the rental vehicle theft; and (iii) fully cooperate with the rental company, law enforcement agency, or any other authority in all matters connected to the investigation of the stolen rental vehicle.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1536.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1536eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1536enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Antonio Muñoz — primary (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — primary (person)
- Keith R. Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Reick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Muñoz `filing`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Do Pass Insurance; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 23, 2021
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2021
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Labor & Commerce Committee; 028-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 116-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-06** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0317 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dedc592-e580-47f4-bf43-f8f6fbe05e31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).