Bill Text: IL HB5255 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a person selling or offering for sale goods or services at retail to: refuse to accept cash from a consumer as a form of payment; post signs on the premises that cash payment is not accepted; or charge a higher price to consumers who pay cash than they would pay using any other form of payment. Provides that "at retail" includes any retail transaction conducted in person and excludes any telephone, mail, or Internet-based transaction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5255 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5255-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5255 Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
815 ILCS 505/WWW new
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a person selling or offering for sale goods or services at retail to: refuse to accept cash from a consumer as a form of payment; post signs on the premises that cash payment is not accepted; or charge a higher price to consumers who pay cash than they would pay using any other form of payment. Provides that "at retail" includes any retail transaction conducted in person and excludes any telephone, mail, or Internet-based transaction.
LRB101 19230 JLS 68694 b
A BILL FOR
HB5255 LRB101 19230 JLS 68694 b
AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act is amended by adding Section WWW as follows:
(815 ILCS 505/WWW new)
Sec. WWW. Requiring cashless transactions prohibited.
(a) A person selling or offering for sale goods or services
at retail shall not:
(1) refuse to accept cash from a consumer as a form of
payment;
(2) post signs on the premises that cash payment is not
accepted; or
(3) charge a higher price to consumers who pay cash
than they would pay using any other form of payment.
(b) In this Section, "at retail" includes any retail
transaction conducted in person and excludes any telephone,
mail, or Internet-based transaction.
(c) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful
practice within the meaning of this Act.