republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-956.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MOT VEH REV BD-FEES&UNFAIRNESS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State, on complaint of the Motor Vehicle Review Board, shall refuse to issue or renew a vehicle dealer's license, or shall suspend or revoke that dealer's license, if costs or fees assessed under the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act have remained unpaid for longer than 90 days after the dealer received from the Motor Vehicle Review Board actual notice and demand for the costs or fees. Amends the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act provision regarding unfair competition and practices. Provides that, when a vehicle manufacturer decides to establish or relocate a new sales franchise within the territory of an existing franchisee of that manufacturer, the manufacturer's written notice must state that the franchisee has only 30 days in which to file a written protest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 956"
citation: "Illinois HB 956 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-03"
last_action: "2005-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/429242ae-b640-4297-9942-e34149e7c2fc"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=956&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=20897&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "2897eea808fc34ed37da6bc25f290c8de53bf58f1ca9fe75a22826eb499fe5f2"
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 956 (94th) — MOT VEH REV BD-FEES&UNFAIRNESS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State, on complaint of the Motor Vehicle Review Board, shall refuse to issue or renew a vehicle dealer's license, or shall suspend or revoke that dealer's license, if costs or fees assessed under the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act have remained unpaid for longer than 90 days after the dealer received from the Motor Vehicle Review Board actual notice and demand for the costs or fees. Amends the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act provision regarding unfair competition and practices. Provides that, when a vehicle manufacturer decides to establish or relocate a new sales franchise within the territory of an existing franchisee of that manufacturer, the manufacturer's written notice must state that the franchisee has only 30 days in which to file a written protest.

## 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=09400HB0956&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20897&DocNum=956&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0956eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20897&DocNum=956&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0956enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20897&DocNum=956&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Dunkin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin `filing`
- **2005-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-28** Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2005-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0287 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/429242ae-b640-4297-9942-e34149e7c2fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).