---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH THEFT PREVENT ACT REPEALER"
description: "Amends the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act. Provides for the repeal of Sections 1 through 9 and Section 11 of the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act on January 1, 2020 (rather than January 1, 2016)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1620"
citation: "Illinois SB 1620 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/351ff45b-feb7-44bb-91ce-80ce556622fe"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1620&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88340&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "295c6f237c995bc239f184ace913045b9f7a57c99c5d0df9cae85347c2ef87a6"
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 1620 (99th) — VEH THEFT PREVENT ACT REPEALER

Amends the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act. Provides for the repeal of Sections 1 through 9 and Section 11 of the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act on January 1, 2020 (rather than January 1, 2016).

## 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=09900SB1620&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88340&DocNum=1620&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1620eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88340&DocNum=1620&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1620enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88340&DocNum=1620&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pat McGuire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pat McGuire `filing`
- **2015-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Do Pass Transportation; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2015
- **2015-03-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-16** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2015-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-03** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0251 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/351ff45b-feb7-44bb-91ce-80ce556622fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).