---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-DEALER RECORDS SENT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle dealer has complied with the provision requiring the dealer to deliver to the Secretary of State, within 20 days after transferring a vehicle to another person, the certificate of title to that vehicle, if the dealer mails the title certificate to the Secretary within the 20 days, according to the postmark."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "Illinois HB 217 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-08"
last_action: "2007-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddb501ba-aa5d-467a-8c01-0d6b12152598"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=217&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26889&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "a62cc140e7f5c36e88bf34dc013ce64667a0e7205ba1af4f6a4e493539285791"
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 217 (95th) — VEH CD-DEALER RECORDS SENT

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle dealer has complied with the provision requiring the dealer to deliver to the Secretary of State, within 20 days after transferring a vehicle to another person, the certificate of title to that vehicle, if the dealer mails the title certificate to the Secretary within the 20 days, according to the postmark.

## 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=09500HB0217&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26889&DocNum=217&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0217eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26889&DocNum=217&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0217enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26889&DocNum=217&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Sacia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-08** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia `filing`
- **2007-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-02-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-02-22** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2007-03-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 13, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
- **2007-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Postponed - Transportation
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2007
- **2007-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0284 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddb501ba-aa5d-467a-8c01-0d6b12152598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).