GA96HB249 96 HB 249 INTERNET DATING DISCLOSURE ACT Creates the Internet Dating Disclosure and Safety Awareness Act. Requires an online dating service provider offering services to residents of this State to disclose clearly and conspicuously, to any member who provides a billing address or a zip code in this State when registering with the provider, that the online dating provider initiates a sex offender registrant search of sex offender registrations on each member prior to permitting any member to communicate with a member in this State or that the online dating service provider does not initiate such a sex offender registrant search. Provides that a sex offender registrant search is conducted by searching the available updated sex offender registries in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Provides language concerning the disclosures. Requires that an online dating service provider that conducts sex offender registrant searches post a safety awareness notification and provides required language for that notification. Provides that failure to comply with the disclosure requirements of the Act shall constitute an unlawful business practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that each failure to provide the required disclosure constitutes a separate violation. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Adds the Internet Dating Disclosure and Safety Awareness Act to the list of Acts that the knowing violation of which constitutes an unlawful business practice. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=249&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40365&SessionID=76&GA=96 2009-03-13 00:00:00 House Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1 17 HRUL 2009-02-25 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller 0 15 2009-03-12 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza 0 16 2009-02-20 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez 0 14 2009-02-20 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo 0 13 2009-02-19 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin 0 12 2009-02-19 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis 0 11 2009-02-11 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith 0 9 2009-02-19 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto 0 10 2009-02-11 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia 0 8 2009-02-10 00:00:00 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon 0 6 2009-02-10 00:00:00 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey 0 7 2009-02-10 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks 0 5 2009-02-05 00:00:00 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham 0 4 2009-02-04 00:00:00 House Assigned to Computer Technology Committee 0 3 HCOM 2009-01-20 00:00:00 House Referred to Rules Committee 0 2 HRUL 2009-01-20 00:00:00 House First Reading 1 1 2009-01-16 00:00:00 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley 0 0 DavidEMiller House Co-Sponsor ElizabethHernandez House Co-Sponsor MarlowHColvin House Co-Sponsor EdwardJAcevedo House Co-Sponsor WilliamDavis House Co-Sponsor MichaelKSmith House Co-Sponsor CynthiaSoto House Co-Sponsor LindaChapaLaVia House Co-Sponsor EmilyMcAsey House Chief Co-Sponsor JackDFranks House Co-Sponsor JehanAGordon House Chief Co-Sponsor KeithFarnham House Chief Co-Sponsor JohnEBradley House Chief Sponsor SusanaAMendoza House Co-Sponsor