---
type: "Bill"
title: "EQUIPMENT FAIR DEALERSHIP-ATV"
description: "Amends the Illinois Equipment Fair Dealership Law. Provides that \"outdoor power equipment\" includes all-terrain vehicles or off-highway motorcycles for purposes of the definitions of \"inventory\" and \"retailer\" and for purposes of provisions concerning repurchase of inventory, supplementation to contract rights, and excluded inventory. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5912"
citation: "Illinois HB 5912 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4679e88-cef7-4c37-9868-60a3c5796d8e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5912&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51575&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7fc4a8b50d20755f5b59d6f52024a85d5c08eb73b38a0cb19e43a92e0cd96e67"
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 5912 (96th) — EQUIPMENT FAIR DEALERSHIP-ATV

Amends the Illinois Equipment Fair Dealership Law. Provides that "outdoor power equipment" includes all-terrain vehicles or off-highway motorcycles for purposes of the definitions of "inventory" and "retailer" and for purposes of provisions concerning repurchase of inventory, supplementation to contract rights, and excluded inventory. 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=09600HB5912&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51575&DocNum=5912&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5912eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51575&DocNum=5912&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5912enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51575&DocNum=5912&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon W. Phelps — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2010-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2010-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2010-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2010-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2010
- **2010-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-22** Effective Date July 21, 2010
- **2010-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1155 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4679e88-cef7-4c37-9868-60a3c5796d8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).