96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5800

 

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2III new

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person may not sell, market, promote, advertise, or otherwise distribute an individual's social security number without that individual's express written consent. Makes a person's violation of this provision an unlawful practice under the Act.


LRB096 19141 DRJ 34532 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5800 LRB096 19141 DRJ 34532 b

1     AN ACT concerning business.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
5 Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2III as follows:
 
6     (815 ILCS 505/2III new)
7     Sec. 2III. Unauthorized distribution of social security
8 number. A person may not sell, market, promote, advertise, or
9 otherwise distribute an individual's social security number
10 without that individual's express written consent. A person's
11 violation of this Section is an unlawful practice within the
12 meaning of this Act.