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type: "Bill"
title: "AUTOMATIC RENEWAL CANCL ONLINE"
description: "Amends the Automatic Contract Renewal Act. Provides that a consumer who accepts an automatic renewal or continuous service offer online shall be allowed to terminate the automatic renewal or continuous service exclusively online. Requires a business that makes an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer online to provide a toll-free telephone number, electronic mail address, a postal address if the seller directly bills the consumer, or another cost-effective, timely, and easy-to-use mechanism for cancellation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3955"
citation: "Illinois HB 3955 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.", "John Connor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6fe6c20-eb3d-4bd3-bb85-bbfd293a11fd"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3955&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=133043&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "299405c6d14c7a7d3a087b6233def030d9b5d599b076ca73e450e8179638dfe1"
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 3955 (102nd) — AUTOMATIC RENEWAL CANCL ONLINE
Amends the Automatic Contract Renewal Act. Provides that a consumer who accepts an automatic renewal or continuous service offer online shall be allowed to terminate the automatic renewal or continuous service exclusively online. Requires a business that makes an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer online to provide a toll-free telephone number, electronic mail address, a postal address if the seller directly bills the consumer, or another cost-effective, timely, and easy-to-use mechanism for cancellation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3955.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3955eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3955enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **980** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — primary (person)
- John Connor — primary (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Eva-Dina Delgado — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `filing`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2021-03-22** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Consumer Protection Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2021-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
- **2021-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 098-000-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John Connor
- **2021-05-10** Assigned to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Do Pass Commerce; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 21, 2021
- **2021-05-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2021-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
- **2021-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0517 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6fe6c20-eb3d-4bd3-bb85-bbfd293a11fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).