Illinois House Bill 5108 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that cable or video providers shall cease charging customers for modems and routers, whether rented together or separately, when the customer has paid to the provider the wholesale cost of the modem or router, or modem and router if rented together, plus a reasonable mark-up not to exceed 5% of the modem, router, or modem and router wholesale cost to the provider. Provides that the cable and video provider shall provide notice regarding the discontinuance of rental charges to the customer in each billing statement. Provides that the notice shall include a disclosure of rights and responsibilities relating to the maintenance of modems and routers.

UTILITIES-CABLE EQUIP RENTAL

Rep. Theresa Mah [D]

Rep. David Harris [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-04-13	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-03-21	House	Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee
2018-02-28	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
2018-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-02-16	House	First Reading
2018-02-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
220	5	22-501	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5108&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5108.htm