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IL SB2351

Bill

Status

Passed

8/1/2025

Primary Sponsor

Michael Halpin

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Origin

Senate

104th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends the Auction License Act to update definitions related to online auctions, adding "Internet online" to the definition of advertisement and creating a new definition for "online auction" as auctions conducted via websites, applications, or interactive computer services

  • Adds new definitions for "estate sale" (a scheduled liquidation sale of personal property where the public is invited to negotiate or bid) and "estate sale service" (auction services for conducting estate sales, excluding real property sales)

  • Expands licensing exemptions to include third-party resellers who have taken ownership of personal property from estates to sell anonymously, such as retail sellers, consignment sellers, or distributors who do not conduct estate sales

  • Creates a new exemption for receivers, trustees in bankruptcy, guardians, administrators, executors, and persons acting under court orders, public authority direction, judicial decrees, trust agreements, deeds of trust, or wills

  • Clarifies the definition of "auction" to include bids made by auctioneers to prospective purchasers or lessees, streamlining language about sales conducted via mail, telecommunications, or Internet online

Legislative Description

ONLINE AUCTION AND ESTATE SALE

Last Action

Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0145

8/1/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary - Civil4/17/2025
Rules4/9/2025
Judiciary3/18/2025
Assignments3/11/2025
Judiciary3/4/2025
Assignments2/7/2025

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