---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-SALVAGE TITLES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle that is owned by a self-insured company and is to be sold in the State of Illinois shall be considered salvage if the vehicle has sustained damage to the extent that the self-insured company determines the vehicle to be a total loss, or if the cost of repairing the damage would be greater than 50% of its fair market value. Establishes requirements for obtaining a salvage certificate for the vehicle. Provides for exchange of a salvage certificate for a certificate of title if a vehicle owned by a self-insured company that was declared a total loss because of a theft is recovered without damage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1164"
citation: "Illinois SB 1164 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6e7cc45-d351-4ab8-bb0e-90fd1b03f76b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1164&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29247&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "a33f4f3e6a1f07419969f252eabffca645bbb0b7cfd96ba8c4e3ed196588028c"
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 1164 (95th) — VEH CD-SALVAGE TITLES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle that is owned by a self-insured company and is to be sold in the State of Illinois shall be considered salvage if the vehicle has sustained damage to the extent that the self-insured company determines the vehicle to be a total loss, or if the cost of repairing the damage would be greater than 50% of its fair market value. Establishes requirements for obtaining a salvage certificate for the vehicle. Provides for exchange of a salvage certificate for a certificate of title if a vehicle owned by a self-insured company that was declared a total loss because of a theft is recovered without damage.

## 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=09500SB1164&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29247&DocNum=1164&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1164eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29247&DocNum=1164&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1164enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29247&DocNum=1164&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Arthur L. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- **2007-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2007-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2007-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-05-31** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-28** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0495 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6e7cc45-d351-4ab8-bb0e-90fd1b03f76b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).