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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:
 
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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1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business 
5Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2HHHH as follows:
 
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 
9to a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an Internet 
10host or service, assigned through centralized Internet naming 
11authorities, comprising a series of character strings 
12separated by periods, with the right-most string specifying 
13the top of the hierarchy.
14    (b) A person who hosts or registers an Internet domain 
15name to a person located in this State shall not sell or lease 
16the Internet domain name to another person for a period of 5 
17years after the buyer or lessee ends his or her ownership or 
18lease of the Internet domain name. A buyer or lessee who ends 
19his or her ownership or lease agreement shall have the right to 
20repurchase or renew the lease for the Internet domain name 
21during the 5-year period for the cost the buyer or lessee would 
22have owed to the host or registrar if the ownership or lease 
23agreement had not ended.
 
 
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1    (c) Any person who violates this Section commits an 
2unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.