republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-2472.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PRODUCT LIABILITY EXCEPTIONS"
description: "Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Excludes from provisions of the Act making the Act inapplicable to actions or transactions specifically authorized by laws administered by a regulatory body or officer, the manufacture, distribution, or sale of a product that causes or contributes to cause bodily injury, death, or property damage. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2472"
citation: "Illinois HB 2472 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db35b11f-fbbc-44ac-a9fe-96ec03565ead"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2472&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118489&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "06dbc3efe8d6c33c515534976248d54e3cf97263e36fcfbe6145a7864f3a8027"
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 2472 (101st) — PRODUCT LIABILITY EXCEPTIONS

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Excludes from provisions of the Act making the Act inapplicable to actions or transactions specifically authorized by laws administered by a regulatory body or officer, the manufacture, distribution, or sale of a product that causes or contributes to cause bodily injury, death, or property damage. Effective immediately.

## 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=10100HB2472&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118489&DocNum=2472&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2472eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118489&DocNum=2472&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2472enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118489&DocNum=2472&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–14** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **74–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Burke — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Link — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke `filing`
- **2019-02-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2019-02-13** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2019-02-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** To Civil Procedure Subcommittee
- **2019-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2019-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2019-03-27** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 002-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2019-03-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 009-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-039-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2019-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2019-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2019
- **2019-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2019-05-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2019-05-08** Third Reading - Passed; 040-014-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21** Effective Date June 21, 2019
- **2019-06-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db35b11f-fbbc-44ac-a9fe-96ec03565ead`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).