Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Provides that a bank shall utilize a form, statement, or writing to obtain a customer's consent to disclose any financial records or information obtained from financial records relating to that customer to non-affiliated third persons or parties. Provides criteria for banks to meet regarding the form, statement, or writing to obtain a customer's consent to disclose financial information relating to the customer's financial records. Provides that a bank shall not discriminate against or deny an otherwise qualified customer a financial product or financial service because the customer has not provided the consent to authorize the bank to disclose or share financial records or financial information obtained from financial records relating to that customer with any non-affiliated third person. Provides that a bank shall not be liable for failing to offer products and services to a customer solely because (i) that customer has failed to provide consent and the bank could not offer the product or service without consent and (ii) the customer has failed to provide consent.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1198 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Daniel Biss [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jacqueline Collins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ira Silverstein [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Terry Link [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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