---
type: "Bill"
title: "RENTAL VEHICLE DAMAGE WAIVERS"
description: "Amends the Renter's Financial Responsibility and Protection Act. Provides for a uniform limit on the amount per day that the renter of a vehicle may be charged for collision damage waivers (rather than providing a limit that is lower than the uniform limit amount if the rental vehicle type has a suggested retail price of $30,000 or less and a limit that is higher than the uniform limit amount if the rental vehicle type has a suggested retail price of more than $30,000)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 3383"
citation: "Illinois HB 3383 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-26"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/713cb2db-46a1-407c-96fe-5d97e5a9edec"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3383&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=32247&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "9877d78035f06217dcb23211c9d5bccbfe6a96b3c70094b9c8ec73fe13fcd30e"
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 3383 (95th) — RENTAL VEHICLE DAMAGE WAIVERS

Amends the Renter's Financial Responsibility and Protection Act. Provides for a uniform limit on the amount per day that the renter of a vehicle may be charged for collision damage waivers (rather than providing a limit that is lower than the uniform limit amount if the rental vehicle type has a suggested retail price of $30,000 or less and a limit that is higher than the uniform limit amount if the rental vehicle type has a suggested retail price of more than $30,000).

## 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=09500HB3383&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32247&DocNum=3383&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3383eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32247&DocNum=3383&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3383enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32247&DocNum=3383&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **97–15** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Esther Golar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar `filing`
- **2007-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-015-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 24, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2007-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-17** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0249 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/713cb2db-46a1-407c-96fe-5d97e5a9edec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).