Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2005	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

220 ILCS 5/4-201.5 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Illinois Fair Credit Reporting Act and amends the Public Utilities Act. Directs the Illinois Commerce Commission to regulate the business of credit reporting agencies. Directs the Commission to investigate complaints against credit reporting agencies and to host public hearings. Provides for a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a credit reporting agency's willful or negligent failure to resolve a consumer's complaint in a timely manner. Imposes certain requirements on credit reporting agencies. Prohibits credit reporting agencies from making credit reports containing information reported by specified utilities. Provides that the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act governs matters not addressed by the Illinois Act.

House Amendment No. 1
Provides that a credit reporting agency may not make any credit report on a current consumer account containing any of the listed information.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/5/2004	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Annazette Collins
2/5/2004	House	First Reading
2/5/2004	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/18/2004	House	Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee
2/19/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
3/2/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
3/3/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Consumer Protection Committee
3/3/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Consumer Protection Committee; by Voice Vote
3/3/2004	House	Motion Do Pass as Amended - Lost Consumer Protection Committee; 002-005-004
3/3/2004	House	Remains in Consumer Protection Committee
3/4/2004	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2005	House	Session Sine Die

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