Sen. Christopher Belt
Filed: 4/29/2025
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 314 

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 314 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Physical Fitness Services Act is amended 
5by adding Section 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 645/7.5 new)
7    Sec. 7.5. Contract requirements; lifetime memberships.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "lifetime membership" means a 
9membership advertised or represented by a physical fitness 
10center as a membership to that physical fitness center that 
11lasts for the duration of the life of the customer unless 
12cancelled by the customer.
13    (b) A physical fitness center that offers a lifetime 
14membership that includes provisions in the membership contract 
15that allow for increases in costs or fees or reductions in 
16benefits shall disclose those provisions clearly and 
 
 
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1conspicuously in a bold, clearly readable font that is 
2consistent with the typeface used in the contract.
3    (c) If a physical fitness center that offers a lifetime 
4membership fails to clearly and conspicuously disclose that 
5the lifetime membership's costs or fees could increase or the 
6lifetime membership's benefits could be reduced, as described 
7in subsection (b), either during the contract's initial term 
8of services or with respect to any automatic renewal of the 
9contract, then the physical fitness center must honor the 
10original terms of the membership for the duration of the life 
11of the customer and shall not increase any costs or fees or 
12reduce any benefits provided for in the original lifetime 
13membership unless: (i) the physical fitness center is sold to 
14a person or entity that is not affiliated with or controlled by 
15the original person or entity who operated the physical 
16fitness center that entered into the lifetime membership 
17contract with the customer; or (ii) the customer voluntarily 
18agrees in writing to change the terms of the lifetime 
19membership.
20    (d) A physical fitness center shall provide a copy of the 
21lifetime membership contract to the customer upon the request 
22of the customer.".