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Bill	CONSUMER FRAUD-RETURNS	Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that the term "gift certificate" includes a credit slip issued by a store to a consumer who returns goods that enables the consumer to receive other goods of similar value in exchange for the returned goods. Effective January 1, 2013.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4689	Illinois HB 4689 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2012-02-02	2012-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/5670f204-ce02-41a3-8a2f-2cbe2049ba07	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4689&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64492&SessionID=84&GA=97	e16c74760415c828a788656ac9b50a27e4bc961716411cff4e878041fb3cec6e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4689 (97th) — CONSUMER FRAUD-RETURNS

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that the term "gift certificate" includes a credit slip issued by a store to a consumer who returns goods that enables the consumer to receive other goods of similar value in exchange for the returned goods. Effective January 1, 2013.

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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra M. Pihos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos filing
• 2012-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 021-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2012-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 22, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
• 2012-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Commerce referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Commerce; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2012-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0954 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5670f204-ce02-41a3-8a2f-2cbe2049ba07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).