The legislation was introduced in bill HB2472 on Feb. 13, when Rep. Frances Ann Hurley (D-35) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act".
After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on April 4, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 8. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on June 21. The law went into effect immediately.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB2472.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/13/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley |
| 2/13/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee |
| 2/27/2019 | House | To Civil Procedure Subcommittee |
| 3/21/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/21/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 3/26/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee |
| 3/27/2019 | House | Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee; |
| 3/27/2019 | House | Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 002-001-000 |
| 3/28/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 009-005-000 |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-039-000 |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Judiciary |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Judiciary; 007-003-000 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019 |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2019 |
| 5/8/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 040-014-001 |
| 6/6/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 6/21/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0025 |
| 6/21/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 6/21/2019 | House | Effective Date June 21, 2019 |
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