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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB2311 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides for the regulation of payments for software applications and purchases. Prohibits a proprietor of a digital application distribution platform from requiring a developer to use an in-application payment system as the exclusive mode of accepting payment from a user to download a software application or purchase a digital or physical product. Prohibits retaliation against a developer that chooses alternative application stores or payment systems. Defines terms.
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| | SB2311 | | LRB102 16371 JLS 21758 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
5 | | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2WWW as follows: |
6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2WWW new) |
7 | | Sec. 2WWW. Software applications; in-application payment; |
8 | | prohibitions. |
9 | | (a) As used in this Section: |
10 | | "Developer" means a creator of a software application made |
11 | | available for download by a user through a digital application |
12 | | distribution platform or other digital distribution platform. |
13 | | "Digital application distribution platform" means a |
14 | | digital distribution platform for applications and services |
15 | | provided to a user on general-purpose hardware, including a |
16 | | mobile phone, smartphone, tablet, personal computer, and other |
17 | | general-purpose devices connected to the Internet. |
18 | | "In-application payment system" means an application, |
19 | | service, or user interface used to process a payment from a |
20 | | user to a developer for a software application and digital and |
21 | | physical product distributed through a software application. |
22 | | "Special-purpose digital application distribution |
23 | | platform" means a digital distribution platform for single or |