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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1416 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person who hosts or registers an Internet domain name to a person located in this State shall not sell or lease the Internet domain name to another person for a period of 5 years after the buyer or lessee ends his or her ownership or lease of the Internet domain name. Provides that a buyer or lessee who ends his or her ownership or lease agreement shall have the right to repurchase or renew the lease for the Internet domain name during the 5-year period for the cost the buyer or lessee would have owed to the host or registrar if the ownership or lease agreement had not ended. Provides that any person who violates these provisions commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. |
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| | HB1416 | | LRB104 07621 SPS 17665 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning business.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
| 5 | | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2HHHH as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2HHHH new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2HHHH. Internet domain name; grace period. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "Internet domain name" refers |
| 9 | | to a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an Internet |
| 10 | | host or service, assigned through centralized Internet naming |
| 11 | | authorities, comprising a series of character strings |
| 12 | | separated by periods, with the right-most string specifying |
| 13 | | the top of the hierarchy. |
| 14 | | (b) A person who hosts or registers an Internet domain |
| 15 | | name to a person located in this State shall not sell or lease |
| 16 | | the Internet domain name to another person for a period of 5 |
| 17 | | years after the buyer or lessee ends his or her ownership or |
| 18 | | lease of the Internet domain name. A buyer or lessee who ends |
| 19 | | his or her ownership or lease agreement shall have the right to |
| 20 | | repurchase or renew the lease for the Internet domain name |
| 21 | | during the 5-year period for the cost the buyer or lessee would |
| 22 | | have owed to the host or registrar if the ownership or lease |
| 23 | | agreement had not ended. |