Bill Text: IL HB1416 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee [HB1416 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1416-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1416 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
815 ILCS 505/2HHHH new
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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A BILL FOR
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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 2HHHH as follows:
(815 ILCS 505/2HHHH new)
Sec. 2HHHH. Internet domain name; grace period.
(a) As used in this Section, "Internet domain name" refers
to a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an Internet
host or service, assigned through centralized Internet naming
authorities, comprising a series of character strings
separated by periods, with the right-most string specifying
the top of the hierarchy.
(b) 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. 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.

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(c) Any person who violates this Section commits an
unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.