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HB2456 - 104th General Assembly

RESTAURANT RESERVATION PIRACY
Last Action
05/07/2025 - Senate: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2025
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act. Provides that a third-party restaurant reservation service shall not list, advertise, promote, or sell reservations for a food service establishment through the website, mobile application, or other platform of the third-party restaurant reservation service without a written agreement between the third-party restaurant reservation service and the food service establishment. Provides that a written agreement that contains specified indemnifications shall be void and unenforceable. Provides that any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, a provision of the Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation. Provides for a private right of action.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the definition of "third-party restaurant reservation service" does not include any reservation distribution channel that is authorized to distribute reservations through a contract with either a food service establishment or an entity authorized to distribute reservations through a contract with the food service establishment. Removes a provision prohibiting indemnity agreements with a third-party restaurant reservation service.

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Corrects a typographical error.
Actions
Date Chamber Action
02/03/2025 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Margaret Croke
02/04/2025 House First Reading
02/04/2025 House Referred to Rules Committee
02/18/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
03/04/2025 House Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
03/07/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Margaret Croke
03/07/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
03/11/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
03/12/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote
03/12/2025 House Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 019-000-000
03/12/2025 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
03/18/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
03/18/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
03/18/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
03/18/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
03/19/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
03/19/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
03/19/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
03/19/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
03/19/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
03/19/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
03/19/2025 House Second Reading - Short Debate
03/19/2025 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
03/19/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
03/19/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
03/20/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
04/04/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Margaret Croke
04/04/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
04/07/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
04/07/2025 House Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
04/07/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
04/07/2025 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
04/07/2025 House Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-001
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
04/08/2025 Senate Arrive in Senate
04/08/2025 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
04/08/2025 Senate Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
04/08/2025 Senate First Reading
04/08/2025 Senate Referred to Assignments
04/09/2025 Senate Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
04/23/2025 Senate Assigned to Judiciary
05/01/2025 Senate Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000
05/01/2025 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2025
05/07/2025 Senate Second Reading
05/07/2025 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2025