103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5476 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any term or condition in any agreement that unnecessarily burdens a person's rights under the Act shall be null and void. LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5476 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any term or condition in any agreement that unnecessarily burdens a person's rights under the Act shall be null and void. LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5476 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any term or condition in any agreement that unnecessarily burdens a person's rights under the Act shall be null and void. LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b A BILL FOR HB5476LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b HB5476 LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b HB5476 LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 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 changing Section 2 as follows: 6 (815 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262) 7 Sec. 2. 8 (a) Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive 9 acts or practices, including but not limited to the use or 10 employment of any deception fraud, false pretense, false 11 promise, misrepresentation or the concealment, suppression or 12 omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely 13 upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material 14 fact, or the use or employment of any practice described in 15 Section 2 of the "Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act", 16 approved August 5, 1965, in the conduct of any trade or 17 commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether any person has 18 in fact been misled, deceived or damaged thereby. In 19 construing this section consideration shall be given to the 20 interpretations of the Federal Trade Commission and the 21 federal courts relating to Section 5 (a) of the Federal Trade 22 Commission Act. 23 (b) Any term or condition in any agreement that 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5476 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any term or condition in any agreement that unnecessarily burdens a person's rights under the Act shall be null and void. LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b A BILL FOR 815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b HB5476 LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b HB5476- 2 -LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b HB5476 - 2 - LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b HB5476 - 2 - LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b HB5476 - 2 - LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b