---
type: "Bill"
title: "MECHANICS LIEN-RENTAL"
description: "Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that a person who would be entitled to a lien for furnishing materials or equipment for the construction upon or improvement to real property shall be entitled to a lien for the rental of materials or equipment used in that construction or improvement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 330"
citation: "Illinois SB 330 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1279cdff-2495-49e0-b5bf-43a2c1bbc649"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=330&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27950&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "750ec4658319a0e3d0833ac9d90bf6be7c2250eae1278c355a43e662e6b25990"
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 330 (95th) — MECHANICS LIEN-RENTAL

Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that a person who would be entitled to a lien for furnishing materials or equipment for the construction upon or improvement to real property shall be entitled to a lien for the rental of materials or equipment used in that construction or improvement. Effective immediately.

## 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=09500SB0330&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27950&DocNum=330&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0330eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27950&DocNum=330&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0330enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27950&DocNum=330&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–5** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **98–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carole Pankau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2007-03-08** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2007-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
- **2007-03-13** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
- **2007-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary Civil Law; 006-000-002 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- **2007-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- **2007-03-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2007-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
- **2007-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Civil Law; 007-000-000
- **2007-03-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Adopted; Pankau `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 049-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2007-03-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2007-03-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-05** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **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
- **2007-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-015-001 `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 August 17, 2007
- **2007-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0274 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1279cdff-2495-49e0-b5bf-43a2c1bbc649`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).