Illinois House Bill 3281 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any person engaged in the business of selling or offering to sell goods or services at retail to the public with an individual accepting in-person payments at a physical location shall not: (1) refuse to accept cash as a form of payment for sales of less than $2,000 made at the physical location; (2) post a sign on the premises stating that cash payment is not accepted; or (3) charge a higher price to customers paying with cash compared to the price charged to customers not paying with cash. Provides for specified exceptions. Provides that any person who violates the provisions commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. Effective January 1, 2024.

CONSUMER FRAUD-NO CASH PAYMNTS

Rep. Edgar Gonzalez [D]	Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin [D]	Rep. Sue Scherer [D]
Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]	Rep. Theresa Mah [D]	Rep. Marcus Evans [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Session Sine Die
2023-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-24	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-24	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
2023-03-22	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-22	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-16	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Will Guzzardi
2023-03-16	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2023-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2023-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
2023-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
2023-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
2023-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
2023-03-08	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-07	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 006-003-000
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee
2023-02-17	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-17	House	First Reading
2023-02-17	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Edgar González, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
815	505	BBBB	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3281&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB3281.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB3281ham001.htm