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Bill Third party food delivery services. Establishes in the Indiana Code article concerning regulated businesses a new chapter governing third party food delivery services. Defines: (1) "covered establishment" as a: (A) restaurant; or (B) food service establishment; that offers, whether directly or through a third party food delivery service, the sale and same-day delivery or pick up of food and beverages to customers; and (2) "third party food delivery service" as a person that: (A) uses an online modality or platform to offer or arrange for the sale, and same-day delivery or pick up, of food and beverages prepared or provided by one or more covered establishments; and (B) provides these services either for consideration or for the purpose of obtaining customer data. Prohibits a third party food delivery service from providing any services related to facilitating, processing, or delivering an online order for a covered establishment unless the covered establishment expressly agrees to allow the third party food delivery service to provide those services. Provides that if a covered establishment cancels its contract with a third party food delivery service, the third party food delivery service shall, not later than the time specified in the contract or, if a time for compliance is not specified in the contract, not later than 72 hours after the covered establishment provides notice of cancellation: (1) comply with any terms and conditions for cancellation specified in the contract; and (2) unless otherwise specified in the contract: (A) remove all menus associated with the covered establishment from all online modalities or platforms of the third party food delivery service; and (B) cease to offer, arrange, or perform any activities related to the sale, and same-day delivery or pickup, of food and beverages prepared or provided by the covered establishment. Provides that if a third party food delivery service violates the bill's provisions with respect to a covered establishment, the covered establishment may bring an action against the third party food delivery service, in which: (1) the court may grant a temporary injunction enjoining the third party food delivery service from providing food delivery services with relation to the covered establishment during the pendency of the action; and (2) a covered establishment that prevails is entitled to: (A) actual damages; (B) temporary or permanent injunctive relief; (C) liquidated damages of not more than $50,000 per transaction; and (D) court costs and attorney's fees. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 HB 1279 Indiana HB 1279 (2023)
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FOODS; FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAXES
RETAIL MERCHANTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telephone
Television
Radio
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Chip Perfect
Kyle Walker
Robb Greene
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Indiana HB 1279 (2023) — Third party food delivery services.

Establishes in the Indiana Code article concerning regulated businesses a new chapter governing third party food delivery services. Defines: (1) "covered establishment" as a: (A) restaurant; or (B) food service establishment; that offers, whether directly or through a third party food delivery service, the sale and same-day delivery or pick up of food and beverages to customers; and (2) "third party food delivery service" as a person that: (A) uses an online modality or platform to offer or arrange for the sale, and same-day delivery or pick up, of food and beverages prepared or provided by one or more covered establishments; and (B) provides these services either for consideration or for the purpose of obtaining customer data. Prohibits a third party food delivery service from providing any services related to facilitating, processing, or delivering an online order for a covered establishment unless the covered establishment expressly agrees to allow the third party food delivery service to provide those services. Provides that if a covered establishment cancels its contract with a third party food delivery service, the third party food delivery service shall, not later than the time specified in the contract or, if a time for compliance is not specified in the contract, not later than 72 hours after the covered establishment provides notice of cancellation: (1) comply with any terms and conditions for cancellation specified in the contract; and (2) unless otherwise specified in the contract: (A) remove all menus associated with the covered establishment from all online modalities or platforms of the third party food delivery service; and (B) cease to offer, arrange, or perform any activities related to the sale, and same-day delivery or pickup, of food and beverages prepared or provided by the covered establishment. Provides that if a third party food delivery service violates the bill's provisions with respect to a covered establishment, the covered establishment may bring an action against the third party food delivery service, in which: (1) the court may grant a temporary injunction enjoining the third party food delivery service from providing food delivery services with relation to the covered establishment during the pendency of the action; and (2) a covered establishment that prevails is entitled to: (A) actual damages; (B) temporary or permanent injunctive relief; (C) liquidated damages of not more than $50,000 per transaction; and (D) court costs and attorney's fees.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Engrossed House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Engrossed House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  5. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  6. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HB 1279 - Perfect - 3rd Reading — 470 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Chip Perfect — primary (person)
  • Kyle Walker — primary (person)
  • Robb Greene — primary (person)
  • Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
  • Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
  • Matt Lehman — coauthor (person)
  • Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
  • Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
  • Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-01-11 Authored by Representative Greene
  • 2023-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-01-19 Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
  • 2023-02-20 Representatives Morris and Lehman added as coauthors
  • 2023-02-21 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-02-23 Amendment #1 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-02-27 Senate sponsors: Senators Perfect and Walker K
  • 2023-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 241: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-02-28 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2023-03-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-03-21 Senators Koch, Doriot, Yoder, Donato added as cosponsors
  • 2023-03-30 Amendment #4 (Perfect) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-03-30 Amendment #6 (Deery) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-03-30 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-04-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 289: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-04-04 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2023-04-10 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2023-04-11 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 396: yeas 95, nays 0
  • 2023-04-21 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2023-04-21 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-05-01 Public Law 136 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8eed706-9064-4718-a76f-97fe24538622. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).