---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEARING CONSUMER-SUNSET EXTEND"
description: "Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act to January 1, 2016. Effective December 31, 2005."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 450"
citation: "Illinois SB 450 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b43b64d3-82ab-43dc-af63-ecfc29fc20e5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=450&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17236&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "3b5ae50afd8a26968581b52ee44e4464919b4f5c2f3e1b6843b45c306d971f34"
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 450 (94th) — HEARING CONSUMER-SUNSET EXTEND

Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act to January 1, 2016. Effective December 31, 2005.

## 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=09400SB0450&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17236&DocNum=450&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0450eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17236&DocNum=450&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0450enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17236&DocNum=450&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Maggie Crotty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2005
- **2005-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2005
- **2005-03-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-03-10** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2005-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-05** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-10** Effective Date December 31, 2005
- **2005-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0527 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b43b64d3-82ab-43dc-af63-ecfc29fc20e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).