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Sen. Christopher Belt
Filed: 4/6/2026
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3066
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3066, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
| 4 | | following: |
| 5 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 6 | | Service Appointment Fairness Act. |
| 7 | | Section 5. Service appointment times. |
| 8 | | (a) If a person provides a service to a consumer, |
| 9 | | including a repair or installation service, and the provision |
| 10 | | of the service requires entry to the consumer's dwelling or |
| 11 | | requires the consumer to be present at the consumer's property |
| 12 | | for the service to be provided, the service provider shall: |
| 13 | | (1) schedule an appointment with the consumer; and |
| 14 | | (2) provide the consumer with reasonable notice of an |
| 15 | | estimated time or range of times during which the service |
| 16 | | provider will arrive to provide the service. |
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| 1 | | (b) If the estimated range of time provided under |
| 2 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (a) exceeds 2 hours, the service |
| 3 | | provider shall notify the consumer by telephone no later than |
| 4 | | one hour before the service provider's anticipated arrival |
| 5 | | time. The notice shall state the specific time at which the |
| 6 | | service provider expects to arrive. If the consumer does not |
| 7 | | answer the telephone, the service provider may leave a |
| 8 | | voicemail message to satisfy the requirements of this |
| 9 | | subsection. |
| 10 | | (c) If the provider fails to satisfy the requirements of |
| 11 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (a), fails to satisfy the |
| 12 | | requirements of subsection (b), or fails to arrive within 30 |
| 13 | | minutes of the time stated in the telephone call or voicemail |
| 14 | | message as provided in subsection (b), the provider shall not |
| 15 | | charge the consumer any fee or additional charge if the |
| 16 | | consumer is not present when the service provider arrives. |
| 17 | | Section 10. Enforcement. |
| 18 | | (a) The Attorney General or the State's Attorney of any |
| 19 | | county in this State may bring an action in the name of the |
| 20 | | People of this State against any person to restrain and |
| 21 | | prevent any pattern or practice in violation of subsection (c) |
| 22 | | of Section 5. In the enforcement of subsection (c) of Section |
| 23 | | 5, the Attorney General or the State's Attorney may accept an |
| 24 | | assurance of voluntary compliance from anyone engaged in any |
| 25 | | conduct, act, or practice deemed in violation of subsection |
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| 1 | | (c) of Section 5. Failure to perform the terms of any such |
| 2 | | assurance constitutes prima facie evidence of a violation of |
| 3 | | subsection (c) of Section 5. |
| 4 | | (b) A violation of subsection (c) of Section 5 constitutes |
| 5 | | an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive |
| 6 | | Business Practices Act. All remedies, penalties, and authority |
| 7 | | granted to the Attorney General or the State's Attorney by the |
| 8 | | Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act shall be |
| 9 | | available to the Attorney General or the State's Attorney for |
| 10 | | the enforcement of subsection (c) of Section 5. |
| 11 | | Section 15. Action for actual damages. Any person who |
| 12 | | suffers actual damage as a result of a violation of subsection |
| 13 | | (c) of Section 5 may bring an action under Section 10a of the |
| 14 | | Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. |
| 15 | | Section 90. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
| 16 | | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MMMM as follows: |
| 17 | | (815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new) |
| 18 | | Sec. 2MMMM. Violations of the Service Appointment Fairness |
| 19 | | Act. Any person who violates subsection (c) of Section 5 of the |
| 20 | | Service Appointment Fairness Act commits an unlawful practice |
| 21 | | within the meaning of this Act.". |