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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CONSUMER FRAUD ACT-WAIVER"
+description: "Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any waiver by a consumer of the Protections in the Act is deemed contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "93rd"
+identifier: "HB 2441"
+citation: "Illinois HB 2441 (93rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-02-20"
+last_action: "2003-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c01a0ed4-1b2b-4c02-b8d8-39402990b601"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2441&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=4172&SessionID=3&GA=93"
+source_hash: "4ede574b8c49da3fad4b83f0f59cb068e014f8458a28e2674346574861073d92"
+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 2441 (93rd) — CONSUMER FRAUD ACT-WAIVER
+
+Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any waiver by a consumer of the Protections in the Act is deemed contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable.
+
+## 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=09300HB2441&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=4172&DocNum=2441&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2441eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=4172&DocNum=2441&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2441enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=4172&DocNum=2441&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **103–10** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James T. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)
+- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-02-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia `filing`
+- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2003-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
+- **2003-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
+- **2003-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner
+- **2003-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
+- **2003-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
+- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2003-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
+- **2003-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Consumer Protection Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2003-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Consumer Protection Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-03-12** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2003-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
+- **2003-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
+- **2003-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. George Scully, Jr.
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Larry McKeon
+- **2003-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-010-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2003-03-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2003-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 20, 2003 `reading-1`
+- **2003-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
+- **2003-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2003-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-03** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-16** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
+- **2003-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2003
+- **2003-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
+- **2003-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
+- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
+- **2003-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2003-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2003-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2003-05-12** Passed Both Houses
+- **2003-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
+- **2003-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-07-31** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2003-07-31** Effective Date January 1, 2004
+- **2003-07-31** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0400 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c01a0ed4-1b2b-4c02-b8d8-39402990b601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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