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type: "Bill"
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title: "CONSUMER FRAUD-RETURNS"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "97th"
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identifier: "HB 4689"
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citation: "Illinois HB 4689 (97th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2012-02-02"
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last_action: "2012-08-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5670f204-ce02-41a3-8a2f-2cbe2049ba07"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4689&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64492&SessionID=84&GA=97"
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source_hash: "e16c74760415c828a788656ac9b50a27e4bc961716411cff4e878041fb3cec6e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 4689 (97th) — CONSUMER FRAUD-RETURNS
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4689&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64492&DocNum=4689&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4689eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64492&DocNum=4689&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4689enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64492&DocNum=4689&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
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- Sandra M. Pihos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos `filing`
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- **2012-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2012-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2012-02-07** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2012-02-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2012-02-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2012-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2012-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2012-03-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2012-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
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- **2012-03-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2012-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 22, 2012 `reading-1`
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- **2012-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
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- **2012-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2012-03-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-18** Do Pass Commerce; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2012-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
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- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
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- **2012-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2012-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
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- **2012-05-16** Passed Both Houses
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- **2012-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2012-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2012-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2013
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- **2012-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0954 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5670f204-ce02-41a3-8a2f-2cbe2049ba07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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