Bill Text: IL HB5588 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for any person who hosts an online distribution platform for third-party software programs or applications to charge a fee or commission on a purchase made by a customer through a software program or application that was distributed through that platform. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5588 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5588-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5588 Introduced , by Rep. Hoan Huynh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
815 ILCS 505/2EEEE new
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for any person who hosts an online distribution platform for third-party software programs or applications to charge a fee or commission on a purchase made by a customer through a software program or application that was distributed through that platform. Effective immediately.
LRB103 39016 SPS 69153 b
A BILL FOR
HB5588 LRB103 39016 SPS 69153 b
AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2EEEE as follows:
(815 ILCS 505/2EEEE new)
Sec. 2EEEE. Fees or commissions on third-party software
programs and applications. No person who hosts an online
distribution platform for third-party software programs or
applications shall charge a fee or commission on a purchase
made by a customer through a software program or application
that was distributed through that platform.
Any person who violates this Section commits an unlawful
practice within the meaning of this Act.