104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2456 Introduced , by Rep. Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act. Provides that a third-party restaurant reservation service shall not list, advertise, promote, or sell reservations for a food service establishment through the website, mobile application, or other platform of the third-party restaurant reservation service without a written agreement between the third-party restaurant reservation service and the food service establishment. Provides that a written agreement that contains specified indemnifications shall be void and unenforceable. Provides that any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, a provision of the Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation. Provides for a private right of action. LRB104 06525 SPS 16561 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2456 Introduced , by Rep. Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act. Provides that a third-party restaurant reservation service shall not list, advertise, promote, or sell reservations for a food service establishment through the website, mobile application, or other platform of the third-party restaurant reservation service without a written agreement between the third-party restaurant reservation service and the food service establishment. Provides that a written agreement that contains specified indemnifications shall be void and unenforceable. Provides that any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, a provision of the Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation. Provides for a private right of action. LRB104 06525 SPS 16561 b LRB104 06525 SPS 16561 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2456 Introduced , by Rep. Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act. Provides that a third-party restaurant reservation service shall not list, advertise, promote, or sell reservations for a food service establishment through the website, mobile application, or other platform of the third-party restaurant reservation service without a written agreement between the third-party restaurant reservation service and the food service establishment. Provides that a written agreement that contains specified indemnifications shall be void and unenforceable. Provides that any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, a provision of the Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation. Provides for a private right of action.
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1 AN ACT concerning business.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7 "Food service establishment" means a place where food is
8 provided for individual portion service directly to the
9 consumer whether the food is provided free of charge or sold,
10 and whether consumption occurs on or off the premises or is
11 provided from a pushcart, stand, or vehicle.
12 "Third-party restaurant reservation service" means any
13 website, mobile application, or other Internet service that
14 (i) offers or arranges for reserving on-premises service for a
15 customer at a food service establishment and (ii) is owned and
16 operated by a person other than the person who owns the food
17 service establishment.
18 Section 10. Reservation service agreements.
19 (a) A third-party restaurant reservation service shall not
20 list, advertise, promote, or sell reservations for a food
21 service establishment through the website, mobile application,
22 or other platform of the third-party restaurant reservation
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2456 Introduced , by Rep. Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act. Provides that a third-party restaurant reservation service shall not list, advertise, promote, or sell reservations for a food service establishment through the website, mobile application, or other platform of the third-party restaurant reservation service without a written agreement between the third-party restaurant reservation service and the food service establishment. Provides that a written agreement that contains specified indemnifications shall be void and unenforceable. Provides that any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, a provision of the Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation. Provides for a private right of action.
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1 service without a written agreement between the third-party
2 restaurant reservation service and the food service
3 establishment to include reservations at the food service
4 establishment on the website, mobile application, or other
5 platform.
6 (b) An agreement executed in accordance with this Section
7 shall not include a provision, clause, or covenant that
8 requires a food service establishment to indemnify a
9 third-party restaurant reservation service, any independent
10 contractor acting on behalf of the third-party restaurant
11 reservation service, or any registered agent of the
12 third-party restaurant reservation service, for any damages or
13 harm by an act or omission initiated by the third-party
14 restaurant reservation service. To the extent an agreement
15 executed in accordance with this Section contains such a
16 provision, the provision shall be deemed void and
17 unenforceable.
18 Section 15. Violations; civil penalties.
19 (a) Any person who violates, or causes another person to
20 violate, a provision of this Act shall be subject to a civil
21 penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation. Each day that a
22 third-party restaurant reservation service violates this Act
23 with respect to a food service establishment constitutes a
24 single violation of this Act. A proceeding to recover any
25 civil penalty or restitution under this Act may be brought by
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