Illinois House Bill 4078

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-05-10 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Pay For Only The Channels You Want Act. Provides that, to the extent consistent with federal law, cable or video providers shall not charge a subscriber for any channel, service, or equipment (rather than service or equipment) that the subscriber has not affirmatively requested or affirmatively agreed to by name. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law and to the extent consistent with federal law, cable or video providers shall not deny the ability of any subscriber to refuse to be charged for any particular channel and shall allow any subscriber to remove any specific channel and associated carriage fees from the subscriber's monthly bill. Provides that cable and video providers shall allow any subscriber to remove any channel and all associated carriage fees assessed to that subscriber via a website or toll-free telephone number. Provides that cable and video providers shall, for every new or renewing subscriber, list all channels offered in every particular service to all subscribers and allow the subscriber to approve or reject each channel and the associated carriage fee for that channel. Effective immediately.

UTILITIES-CHANNEL SELECTION

Rep. Martin Moylan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-05-10	House	First Reading
2023-05-10	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Martin J. Moylan

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=4078&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB4078.htm