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Bill	VEH CD-TRANSFER-OPERATN LAW	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code provision regarding the transfer of title to a vehicle by operation of law. Establishes procedures to be followed if the vehicle is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding or discharge. Provides that certain requirements of the provision do not apply to bankruptcy proceedings or orders.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 947	Illinois HB 947 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2005-02-02	2005-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/c4ba7106-8864-40d1-9f85-443081f34811	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=947&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15575&SessionID=50&GA=94	ca65202ac5b83ad9fda1cb4be81536b13bbc009ff1297bb8cb3dd1d30b0328ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 947 (94th) — VEH CD-TRANSFER-OPERATN LAW

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code provision regarding the transfer of title to a vehicle by operation of law. Establishes procedures to be followed if the vehicle is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding or discharge. Provides that certain requirements of the provision do not apply to bankruptcy proceedings or orders.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jay C. Hoffman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman filing
• 2005-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-17 Assigned to Financial Institutions Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Financial Institutions Committee; 027-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2005-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2005-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2005-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
• 2005-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2005-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-002 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-03-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2005-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-06 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2005-05-04 Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
• 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-02 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0411 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4ba7106-8864-40d1-9f85-443081f34811. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).