---
type: "Bill"
title: "AUTO THEFT PREVENTION-SUNSET"
description: "Amends the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2016 (now, 2012). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1361"
citation: "Illinois SB 1361 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b25e786-e463-4196-b04c-8e167593bedf"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1361&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57141&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "2a37d0b6a2b151c436ac010d68bd5f4fcce7479a8275a90adc583000d8251952"
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 1361 (97th) — AUTO THEFT PREVENTION-SUNSET

Amends the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2016 (now, 2012). 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=09700SB1361&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57141&DocNum=1361&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1361eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57141&DocNum=1361&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1361enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57141&DocNum=1361&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darin M. LaHood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2011
- **2011-03-01** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Darin M. LaHood
- **2011-03-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 3, 2011
- **2011-04-13** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-13** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-13** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2011-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2011
- **2011-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0141 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b25e786-e463-4196-b04c-8e167593bedf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).