Sen. Christopher Belt

Filed: 4/6/2026

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3066

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