Restaurant Service Fees and the Junk Fee Ban Act.

I wanted to share with you that there is a bill pending in the Illinois legislature that would ban the deceptive practice of inconspicuous restaurant service fees. These hidden fees that are concealed from consumers result in disparate, higher prices charged at the time of service compared to those listed on menus, and discourage diners from going out and stimulating the local economy. You have the ability to push for an end to these fees across the board. I implore you to support IL SB1486, the "Junk Fee Ban Act.” https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/SB1486/2025 The summary of the bill: `Creates the Junk Fee Ban Act. Provides that it is a violation of the Act for a person to: (1) offer, display, or advertise an amount a consumer may pay for merchandise without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the total price; (2) fail, in any offer, display, or advertisement that contains an amount a consumer may pay, to display the total price more prominently than any other pricing information; (3) misrepresent the nature and purpose of any amount a consumer may pay, including the ability to refund the fees and the identity of any merchandise for which fees are charged; (4) fail to disclose clearly and conspicuously before the consumer consents to pay, the nature and purpose of any amount a consumer may pay that is excluded from the total price, including the ability to refund the fees and the identity of any merchandise for which fees are charged; or (5) offer, display, or advertise, including through direct offerings, third-party distribution, or metasearch referrals, a total price for a place of short-term lodging that does not include all required fees. Requires total price disclosures for retail mercantile establishments and food service establishments; and the disclosure of delivery fees. Provides that the Attorney General may enforce violations of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Preempts home rule powers.` You can view the full text here: https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=199845&DocName=10400SB1486&DocNum=1486&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=160057&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=