---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-RENTAL CHARGE DISCLOSED"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person who rents a motor vehicle to another must advertise, quote, and charge a rental rate that includes the entire amount, including (rather than except) taxes and any mileage charge that the renter must pay."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 44"
citation: "Illinois HB 44 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2002-12-03"
last_action: "2003-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d5c4626-3496-4b2b-b5fe-ae5687b57006"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=44&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=116&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "8aab41832a317241c0d466a8118a34406bd3bb83e738911e19cbeb1c76e1abad"
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 44 (93rd) — VEH CD-RENTAL CHARGE DISCLOSED

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person who rents a motor vehicle to another must advertise, quote, and charge a rental rate that includes the entire amount, including (rather than except) taxes and any mileage charge that the renter must pay.

## 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=09300HB0044&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=116&DocNum=44&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0044eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=116&DocNum=44&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0044enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=116&DocNum=44&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **106–12** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph M. Lyons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-12-03** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons; 056-003-000 `filing`
- **2003-01-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-23** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ralph C. Capparelli
- **2003-02-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2003-02-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2003-03-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2003-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-012-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2003-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
- **2003-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2003
- **2003-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2003-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Joseph M. Lyons; Motion #1
- **2003-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
- **2003-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Consumer Protection Committee; 007-000-000
- **2003-05-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2003-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-001-000
- **2003-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 1, 2003
- **2003-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0118 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d5c4626-3496-4b2b-b5fe-ae5687b57006`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).