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Bill	HOME REPAIR ACT-CONTRACT TERM	Amends the Home Repair and Remodeling Act. Requires a person engaged in the business of home repair and remodeling, that prepares or presents a written offer for home repair and remodeling to a consumer, to advise the consumer before the contract or agreement is accepted and executed of the presence of any contractual provision that requires the consumer to: (i) submit all contract or agreement disputes to binding arbitration in place of a hearing in court before a judge or jury; and (ii) waive his or her right to a trial by jury. Provides that the consumer shall be given the option of accepting or rejecting both the binding arbitration clause and the jury trial waiver clause before the contract or agreement is accepted and executed by the consumer. Provides that failure to advise a consumer of the presence of the binding arbitration clause or the jury trial waiver clause or to secure the necessary acceptance, rejection or consumer signature shall render null and void each clause that has not been accepted or rejected and signed by the consumer. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2006.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 2594	Illinois HB 2594 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2005-02-18	2005-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/766a7789-2f91-4b98-98c7-a5e77341d699	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2594&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18595&SessionID=50&GA=94	deececb8db97ebc5af6da84961378c194aa0d0910411e1dd4fe34413ee91414c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2594 (94th) — HOME REPAIR ACT-CONTRACT TERM

Amends the Home Repair and Remodeling Act. Requires a person engaged in the business of home repair and remodeling, that prepares or presents a written offer for home repair and remodeling to a consumer, to advise the consumer before the contract or agreement is accepted and executed of the presence of any contractual provision that requires the consumer to: (i) submit all contract or agreement disputes to binding arbitration in place of a hearing in court before a judge or jury; and (ii) waive his or her right to a trial by jury. Provides that the consumer shall be given the option of accepting or rejecting both the binding arbitration clause and the jury trial waiver clause before the contract or agreement is accepted and executed by the consumer. Provides that failure to advise a consumer of the presence of the binding arbitration clause or the jury trial waiver clause or to secure the necessary acceptance, rejection or consumer signature shall render null and void each clause that has not been accepted or rejected and signed by the consumer. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2006.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William Delgado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Delgado filing
• 2005-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-23 Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 010-002-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William Delgado amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-04-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-08 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
• 2005-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2005-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-15 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-21 Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs referral-committee
• 2005-05-04 Do Pass Housing & Community Affairs; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
• 2005-05-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2005-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-08 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0490 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/766a7789-2f91-4b98-98c7-a5e77341d699. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).