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| | SB1898 Engrossed | | LRB100 06350 JLS 16388 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,
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| 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 2TTT as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2TTT new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2TTT. Non-disparagement clauses in consumer |
| 8 | | contracts. |
| 9 | | (a) A contract or a proposed contract for the sale or lease |
| 10 | | of consumer merchandise or services may not include a provision |
| 11 | | waiving the consumer's right to make any statement regarding |
| 12 | | the seller or lessor or the employees or agents of the seller |
| 13 | | or lessor or concerning the merchandise or services. |
| 14 | | (b) It is an unlawful practice to threaten or to seek to |
| 15 | | enforce a provision made unlawful under this Section or to |
| 16 | | otherwise penalize a consumer for making any statement |
| 17 | | protected under this Section. |
| 18 | | (c) Any waiver of the provisions of this Section is |
| 19 | | contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable. |
| 20 | | (d) This Section may not be construed to prohibit or limit |
| 21 | | a person or business that hosts online consumer reviews or |
| 22 | | comments from removing a statement that is otherwise lawful to |
| 23 | | remove.
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