---
type: "Bill"
title: "EQUIP FAIR DEALERSHIP LAW"
description: "EQUIP FAIR DEALERSHIP LAW"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 779"
citation: "Illinois HB 779 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-09T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3db6d74-87dd-4726-a919-dc97011fce97"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "544dbd33ad4edc214449d4dc78c9af6cca7be1d51fd7bf52d686a921033f34d9"
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 779 (91st) — EQUIP FAIR DEALERSHIP LAW

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0779LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BRUNSVOLD — cosponsor (person)
- DONAHUE — cosponsor (person)
- GRANBERG — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
- RUTHERFORD — cosponsor (person)
- TENHOUSE — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GRANBERG
- **1999-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRUNSVOLD
- **1999-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RUTHERFORD
- **1999-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HJUA
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TENHOUSE
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TENHOUSE
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TENHOUSE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-19
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WATSON
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DONAHUE
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE COMM & INDUST `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR JACOBS
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SCED
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-26
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-04-27
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0289

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3db6d74-87dd-4726-a919-dc97011fce97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).