---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSMR FRD-RTL INSTLMT CONTRCT"
description: "CONSMR FRD-RTL INSTLMT CONTRCT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 481"
citation: "Illinois SB 481 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc603264-2e1a-4153-b479-b39c0c646131"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "8483d7f66b43cbf3e3058dd84465fd625815c608127a84688826148cc06e5476"
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 SB 481 (91st) — CONSMR FRD-RTL INSTLMT CONTRCT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0481LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BEAUBIEN — cosponsor (person)
- BRADY — cosponsor (person)
- CLAYBORNE — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- LANG — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,JOSEPH — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- PETKA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** SPONSOR REMOVED SILVERSTEIN
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 006-000-004 SJUD
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-04
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-09
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PETKA
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PETKA
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PETKA
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-09
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 053-001-002 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR BEAUBIEN
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LANG
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BRADY
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CONSUMER PROT `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 008-000-000 HCON
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0270

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc603264-2e1a-4153-b479-b39c0c646131`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).