republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/95th/sb-2366.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-THEFT-LESSEE-INFER"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2366"
citation: "Illinois SB 2366 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b36332cc-0512-4448-98c7-3b562b139dc0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2366&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=36338&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "6fc92e4a4a78f736f5f482122f2d8dc24930b121b5c4e5d39754985e67a80402"
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 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.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2366&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36338&DocNum=2366&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2366eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36338&DocNum=2366&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2366enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36338&DocNum=2366&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b36332cc-0512-4448-98c7-3b562b139dc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).