Date	Chamber	Action
5/9/2025	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

205 ILCS 740/2

was 225 ILCS 425/2

205 ILCS 740/9.6 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Collection Agency Act. Provides that a debtor is not liable for any coerced debt, as defined in the Act, and may assert that they have incurred a coerced debt by providing to a collection agency an oral or written Statement of Coerced Debt, as specified. Sets forth provisions concerning notice of coerced debt to a collection agency; duties of a collection agency upon receiving an incomplete statement of coerced debt; affirmative defenses in collection actions or arbitration; civil liability; protections from perpetrators of coerced debt; restrictions on waivers; and liability of collection agencies for violations of the Act. Provides that, upon receiving the debtor's complete statement of coerced debt and specified supporting information, a collection agency shall review and consider all the information received from the debtor as well as any other information available in the collection agency's file or from the creditor related to the alleged coerced debt within 90 days after receipt of the statement of coerced debt. Requires a collection agency, within 5 days after receipt of the complete statement of coerced debt and supporting information, to cease any pre-judgment attempts to collect the coerced debt from the debtor, including refraining from filing any lawsuit or arbitration to collect the coerced debt, and notify any consumer reporting agency to which the collection agency or creditor furnished adverse information about the debtor that the debtor disputes the adverse information. Establishes additional requirements for a collection agency that reviews a statement of coerced debt. Provides that, within 180 days after the effective date of the Act, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may design and publish a model coerced debt and third party written verification form in English and any other language it determines, within its discretion, is the first language of a significant number of consumers in the State. Makes other changes.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/7/2025	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2/7/2025	Senate	First Reading
2/7/2025	Senate	Referred to Assignments
3/4/2025	Senate	Assigned to Financial Institutions
3/19/2025	Senate	Postponed - Financial Institutions
3/21/2025	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2025
4/4/2025	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
4/9/2025	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
4/11/2025	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025
5/9/2025	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

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