---
type: "Bill"
title: "RENTER RESPONSBLTY-DUI LOSS"
description: "Amends the Renter's Financial Responsibility and Protection Act. Provides that a vehicle rental company may void a damage waiver with regard to damage or loss occurring while the rental vehicle was operated by a driver under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds, in violation of the DUI provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1562"
citation: "Illinois HB 1562 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-02-14"
last_action: "2005-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd46d403-3480-4bcd-9c72-41e4a3e57566"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1562&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16636&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "ae2ebc4ab07fb7472ad0ba07619b3846ca17bfd1577e6261fffeeb25db070d52"
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 1562 (94th) — RENTER RESPONSBLTY-DUI LOSS

Amends the Renter's Financial Responsibility and Protection Act. Provides that a vehicle rental company may void a damage waiver with regard to damage or loss occurring while the rental vehicle was operated by a driver under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds, in violation of the DUI provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

## 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=09400HB1562&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16636&DocNum=1562&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1562eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16636&DocNum=1562&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1562enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16636&DocNum=1562&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay C. Hoffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman `filing`
- **2005-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2005-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-04-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2005-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2005-05-18** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Link `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2005-05-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- **2005-05-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
- **2005-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
- **2005-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-26** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0332 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd46d403-3480-4bcd-9c72-41e4a3e57566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).