HI HB852

Establishes a minimum party size of ten or more customers before restaurants may impose a mandatory gratuity service charge for food or beverage services

Caps mandatory gratuity service charges at eighteen percent of the total bill for food or beverage services

Requires servers to verbally notify customers before payment that a mandatory gratuity service charge is automatically applied to the bill

Mandates that restaurant menus display clear and conspicuous notice in large font indicating a mandatory gratuity service charge will be automatically applied and the exact percentage that will be charged

Takes effect upon approval