republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-5047.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTRONICS INS-VENDORS-CREDIT"
description: "Amends the Portable Electronics Insurance Act. Provides that a business entity that is a licensed insurance producer or insurer (supervising entity) shall maintain a registry of vendor locations that are authorized to sell or solicit portable electronics insurance coverage in the State and that, upon request by the Director of Insurance and with 10 days notice to the supervising entity, the registry shall be open to inspection and examination by the Director during the regular business hours of the supervising entity. Makes changes to the provision requiring brochures or other written materials be made available to prospective customers at every location where portable electronics insurance is offered. Deletes language concerning notice with regard to the termination of portable electronics insurance and provides instead that whenever notice or correspondence with respect to a policy of portable electronics insurance is required pursuant to the provision concerning termination of portable electronics insurance or is otherwise required by law, it shall be in writing and sent within the notice period, if any, specified within the statute or regulation. Sets forth provisions concerning notice requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 5047"
citation: "Illinois HB 5047 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-07"
last_action: "2012-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6ebb599-a127-4f22-8f66-00d8b9644918"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5047&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65019&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "c1060bccd5f9928ef49537059132e7c5e60c3b8dc3e7d9b8bcca90ead02e8176"
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 HB 5047 (97th) — ELECTRONICS INS-VENDORS-CREDIT

Amends the Portable Electronics Insurance Act. Provides that a business entity that is a licensed insurance producer or insurer (supervising entity) shall maintain a registry of vendor locations that are authorized to sell or solicit portable electronics insurance coverage in the State and that, upon request by the Director of Insurance and with 10 days notice to the supervising entity, the registry shall be open to inspection and examination by the Director during the regular business hours of the supervising entity. Makes changes to the provision requiring brochures or other written materials be made available to prospective customers at every location where portable electronics insurance is offered. Deletes language concerning notice with regard to the termination of portable electronics insurance and provides instead that whenever notice or correspondence with respect to a policy of portable electronics insurance is required pursuant to the provision concerning termination of portable electronics insurance or is otherwise required by law, it shall be in writing and sent within the notice period, if any, specified within the statute or regulation. Sets forth provisions concerning notice requirements.

## 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=09700HB5047&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65019&DocNum=5047&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5047eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65019&DocNum=5047&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5047enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65019&DocNum=5047&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monique D. Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Monique D. Davis `filing`
- **2012-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
- **2012-02-22** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **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 113-000-000 `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 `reading-1`
- **2012-03-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2012-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Do Pass Insurance; 007-000-000 `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
- **2012-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0939 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6ebb599-a127-4f22-8f66-00d8b9644918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).