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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4044 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a retail establishment to not accept the return of a product by a consumer or only offer store credit to the consumer in exchange for the return of a product if the consumer purchased the product at that retail establishment and the product is unopened and unused. |
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB4044 | | LRB104 12966 SPS 24599 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning business.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
| 5 | | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2HHHH as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2HHHH new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2HHHH. Return of products sold at retail |
| 8 | | establishments. |
| 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "retail establishment" means |
| 10 | | a place of business in this State that is open to the general |
| 11 | | public for the sale of consumer products. |
| 12 | | (b) It is an unlawful practice within the meaning of this |
| 13 | | Act for a retail establishment to not accept the return of a |
| 14 | | product by a consumer or only offer store credit to the |
| 15 | | consumer in exchange for the return of a product if the |
| 16 | | consumer purchased the product at that retail establishment |
| 17 | | and the product is unopened and unused. |
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