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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3098 Introduced , by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Protect Illinois Technology Jobs Act. Provides that a provider of a digital application distribution platform for which cumulative downloads of software applications from the digital application distribution platform to Illinois users exceed 1,000,000 downloads in the previous or current calendar year may not: (i) require a software application developer that is domiciled in the State to use a particular in-application payment system as a mode of accepting payments from a user for software application downloads or digital purchases; (ii) require use of a particular in-application payment system as a mode of accepting payments from Illinois users to download a software application or purchase a digital or physical product or service through a software application; (iii) retaliate against a developer that is domiciled in the State or an Illinois user for using an in-application payment system or digital application distribution platform that is not owned by, operated by, or affiliated with the provider; or (iv) discriminate against any developer on account of the developer using a third-party payment system to process payments for in-application payments. Exempts special-purpose digital application distribution platforms from the Act. Provides that the Attorney General may receive complaints and investigate violations of the Act. Provides that any person aggrieved by a violation of the Act may commence a civil action. Provides that nothing in the Act shall restrict the ability of a digital application distribution platform to determine the manner in which applications may be downloaded, and specifically, nothing in the Act shall prohibit the ability of a digital application distribution platform to prohibit side-loading of applications. Defines terms.
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| | HB3098 | | LRB103 05162 SPS 50177 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning digital application distribution |
2 | | platforms.
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3 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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4 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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5 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
6 | | Protect Illinois Technology Jobs Act.
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7 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
8 | | "Developer" means a creator of software applications |
9 | | that are
made available for download by users through a |
10 | | digital application
distribution platform or other digital |
11 | | distribution platform.
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12 | | "Digital application distribution platform" means a |
13 | | digital distribution platform for applications and
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14 | | services that are provided to users on general-purpose |
15 | | hardware, including
mobile phones, smartphones, tablets, |
16 | | personal computers, and other
general-purpose devices that |
17 | | are connected to the Internet. "Digital application |
18 | | distribution platform" includes a digital distribution |
19 | | platform that is provided or
used for only certain types |
20 | | of devices, such as certain grades of
computing device, |
21 | | devices that are made by only a particular manufacturer,
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22 | | or devices that run a particular operating system. |
23 | | "Domiciled in this State" means a person that conducts |