WRA’s Third Party Delivery Consent Bill Passes

The WRA's Third Party Delivery Consent bill (AB 294/SB 290) unanimously passed both the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly on Tuesday, October 17! The bill is now available for the Governor to sign. WRA staff has met with the Governor's policy team encouraging him to sign the bill as soon as it is available.
 
At the request of the WRA, Senator Pat Testin and Representative Alex Dallman introduced these bills to curb third party delivery company business practices that emerged during the pandemic that are harmful and costly to restaurants. 

This bill ensures:

• A third-party food delivery service shall not list a restaurant’s name, address or logo without consent.
• Food delivery service drivers will have knowledge of basic food safety principles.
• Third-party delivery services will be required to share data with the restaurant about the content of orders and the times that orders are placed.
• Progressive fines for companies that do not abide by the law, which are enforced by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). This is a key component for our independent restaurant owners. Allowing them to register a complaint with DATCP, rather than retain a lawyer, is crucial in helping them protect their brand and their business and not be bogged down in small claims court.

An amendment has also been added that defines the term "consent" and requires third party companies to provide a receipt when a restaurant requests removal from its site/app.
 
For more information on this bill and WRA’s legislative priorities, please email Susan Quam.

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