---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-TITLE-SHOW BENEFICIARY"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall designate, on a certificate of title and on an application for a certificate of title, a space where the owner of a vehicle may designate a beneficiary, to whom ownership of the vehicle shall pass in the event of the owner's death."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1915"
citation: "Illinois HB 1915 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d8b9603-2e8b-4430-a776-2968ed5c75f4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1915&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30752&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "6697204b0df40bf65eb001a10894982b9c7de66a6bf0c386ced3887a8309e1ba"
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 HB 1915 (95th) — VEH CD-TITLE-SHOW BENEFICIARY

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall designate, on a certificate of title and on an application for a certificate of title, a space where the owner of a vehicle may designate a beneficiary, to whom ownership of the vehicle shall pass in the event of the owner's death.

## 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=09500HB1915&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30752&DocNum=1915&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1915eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30752&DocNum=1915&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1915enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30752&DocNum=1915&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jay C. Hoffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman `filing`
- **2007-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-28** Re-assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-22** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 1, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-05-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2007-05-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
- **2008-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-07** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0784 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d8b9603-2e8b-4430-a776-2968ed5c75f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).