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Bill	VEH CD-TITLE-SHOW BENEFICIARY	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall designate, on a certificate of title and on an application for a certificate of title, a space where the owner of a vehicle may designate a beneficiary, to whom ownership of the vehicle shall pass in the event of the owner's death.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 1915	Illinois HB 1915 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2007-02-23	2008-08-07	openstates	ocd-bill/8d8b9603-2e8b-4430-a776-2968ed5c75f4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1915&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30752&SessionID=51&GA=95	6697204b0df40bf65eb001a10894982b9c7de66a6bf0c386ced3887a8309e1ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1915 (95th) — VEH CD-TITLE-SHOW BENEFICIARY

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall designate, on a certificate of title and on an application for a certificate of title, a space where the owner of a vehicle may designate a beneficiary, to whom ownership of the vehicle shall pass in the event of the owner's death.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jay C. Hoffman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman filing
• 2007-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-27 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-28 Re-assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-22 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2007-04-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-04-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 1, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-05-16 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2007-05-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-05-17 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-04-17 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2008-05-08 Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
• 2008-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2008-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
• 2008-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2008-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2008-08-07 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2008-08-07 Effective Date January 1, 2009
• 2008-08-07 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0784 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d8b9603-2e8b-4430-a776-2968ed5c75f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).