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| Bill | CRIM CD-THEFT-LESSEE-INFER | Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 in relation to theft by a lessee. Provides that the trier of fact may infer evidence (rather than that it is prima facie evidence) that a person intends to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property (rather than "knowingly obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the owner") (1) if a lessee of the personal property of another fails to return it to the owner within 5 (rather than 10) days after written demand from the owner for its return or (2) if a lessee of the personal property of another fails to return it to the owner within 24 hours after written demand from the owner for its return and the lessee had presented identification to the owner that contained a materially fictitious name, address, or telephone number. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | SB 2366 | Illinois SB 2366 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 31 | 2 | 2008-02-14 | 2008-08-18 | openstates | ocd-bill/b36332cc-0512-4448-98c7-3b562b139dc0 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2366&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=36338&SessionID=51&GA=95 | 6fc92e4a4a78f736f5f482122f2d8dc24930b121b5c4e5d39754985e67a80402 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 2366 (95th) — CRIM CD-THEFT-LESSEE-INFER
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 in relation to theft by a lessee. Provides that the trier of fact may infer evidence (rather than that it is prima facie evidence) that a person intends to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property (rather than "knowingly obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the owner") (1) if a lessee of the personal property of another fails to return it to the owner within 5 (rather than 10) days after written demand from the owner for its return or (2) if a lessee of the personal property of another fails to return it to the owner within 24 hours after written demand from the owner for its return and the lessee had presented identification to the owner that contained a materially fictitious name, address, or telephone number.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Dale A. Righter — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2008-02-14 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter
filing - 2008-02-14 First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-02-14 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2008-02-27 Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2008-03-06 Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2008-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2008
- 2008-03-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter
amendment-introduction - 2008-03-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2008-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
- 2008-04-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Criminal Law; 010-000-000
- 2008-04-08 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2008-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Righter
amendment-passage - 2008-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2008
- 2008-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2008-04-11 Arrived in House
introduction - 2008-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- 2008-04-14 First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-04-14 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2008-05-01 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2008-05-09 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- 2008-05-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000
committee-passage - 2008-05-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2008-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2008-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2008-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2008-05-22 Passed Both Houses
- 2008-06-20 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2008-08-18 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2008-08-18 Effective Date January 1, 2009
- 2008-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0857
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b36332cc-0512-4448-98c7-3b562b139dc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).