Amends the Illinois Fairness in Lending Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Prohibition on Bots Purchasing Tickets Act. Provides that a person shall not use or create a bot or employ any other method to: (1) purchase tickets in excess of posted limits for an online ticket sale; (2) use multiple Internet protocol addresses, multiple purchaser accounts, or multiple email addresses to purchase tickets in excess of the posted limit for any single online ticket sale; or (3) circumvent or disable an electronic queue, waiting period, pre-sale code, or other sales volume limitation system associated with an online ticket sale. Provides for enforcement by the Attorney General. Amends the Ticket Sale and Resale Act. Prohibits a ticket resale marketplace or ticket reseller from making any false representation that is likely to mislead a reasonable consumer into believing that the marketplace or reseller is affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of an artist, team, event venue, or event organizer. Provides that an operator of a venue or ticket issuer shall disclose the number of tickets for an event that are withheld from sale any time it offers tickets for that event for sale. Provides that a violation of the provisions constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make conforming changes.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2: Provides that a person who violates provisions prohibiting forms of automated online ticket purchasing (rather than a person who knowingly violates the provisions) shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $2,000 for each violation. Removes provisions amending the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes other changes.
House Committee Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that an owner or operator of a place of entertainment that sells tickets to events, and any agent who conducts or facilitates those sales, shall report any violation (rather than known violation) to the Attorney General within a reasonable period of time after discovery of the violation. Provides that a violation of the Prohibition on Bots Purchasing Tickets Act constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make a conforming change. Removes provisions amending the Ticket Sale and Resale Act.
House Floor Amendment No. 4: Provides that specified prohibitions apply to a person using or creating one or more bots (rather than a bot). Provides that an owner or operator of an event facility (rather than a place of entertainment) that sells tickets to events shall report any known violation to the Attorney General. Defines "event facility".

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 815 ILCS 120/1
Engrossed: 815 ILCS 414/1
Enrolled: 815 ILCS 505/2