Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3197 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Deforestation-Free Illinois Act. Provides that neither the State nor any government agency of the State shall purchase, at wholesale or retail, or obtain for any purpose any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that no bid proposal or solicitation, request for bid or proposal, or contract for the construction of any public work, building maintenance, or improvement for or on behalf of the State or any government agency of the State shall require or permit the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that every contract entered into by a State agency that includes the procurement of any product that consists, in whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity shall require the contractor to confirm that the commodity furnished to the State under the contract was not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or forest degradation occurred. Effective immediately. LRB104 09398 HLH 19457 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3197 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Deforestation-Free Illinois Act. Provides that neither the State nor any government agency of the State shall purchase, at wholesale or retail, or obtain for any purpose any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that no bid proposal or solicitation, request for bid or proposal, or contract for the construction of any public work, building maintenance, or improvement for or on behalf of the State or any government agency of the State shall require or permit the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that every contract entered into by a State agency that includes the procurement of any product that consists, in whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity shall require the contractor to confirm that the commodity furnished to the State under the contract was not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or forest degradation occurred. Effective immediately. LRB104 09398 HLH 19457 b LRB104 09398 HLH 19457 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Creates the Deforestation-Free Illinois Act. Provides that neither the State nor any government agency of the State shall purchase, at wholesale or retail, or obtain for any purpose any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that no bid proposal or solicitation, request for bid or proposal, or contract for the construction of any public work, building maintenance, or improvement for or on behalf of the State or any government agency of the State shall require or permit the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that every contract entered into by a State agency that includes the procurement of any product that consists, in whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity shall require the contractor to confirm that the commodity furnished to the State under the contract was not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or forest degradation occurred. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning finance.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15	15	5 Deforestation-Free Illinois Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly
17	17	7 finds and declares the following:
18	18	8 (1) Studies show that preventing deforestation is
19	19	9 among the most cost-effective climate mitigation
20	20	10 strategies with large global mitigation benefits.
21	21	11 Preventing deforestation is also one of the few large
22	22	12 mitigation options that does not risk trade-offs to
23	23	13 solving other challenges; on the contrary, it provides
24	24	14 co-benefits like enhancing health, clean water, and
25	25	15 sanitation.
26	26	16 (2) Studies also suggest that protecting existing
27	27	17 forests and allowing them to mature could potentially
28	28	18 store 151.7 gigatons of carbon, or about a quarter of
29	29	19 excess emissions since industrialization.
30	30	20 (3) Deforestation and forest degradation generates
31	31	21 between 4.3 and 5.5 GtCO2eq annually. This is between 7%
32	32	22 and 10% of all CO2 equivalent emissions from all sources
33	33	23 globally. Emissions associated with deforestation and
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68	68	1 forest degradation contribute most of the 13% of total
69	69	2 anthropogenic CO2 emissions attributed to agriculture.
70	70	3 (4) Most forest destruction is caused by a few
71	71	4 high-risk commodities we can avoid - cattle products,
72	72	5 cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, paper, and rubber - by
73	73	6 selecting products from supply chains not contributing to
74	74	7 deforestation, forest degradation, and interrelated human
75	75	8 rights abuses.
76	76	9 Article 60. Deforestation-Free Procurement.
77	77	10 Section 60-1. Definitions. As used in this Section:
78	78	11 "Contractor" means any person or entity that has a
79	79	12 contract with a State agency for any of the following:
80	80	13 (1) public works or improvements;
81	81	14 (2) a franchise, concession, or lease of property; or
82	82	15 (3) grant moneys or goods and services or supplies to
83	83	16 be purchased at the expense of the State agency or to be
84	84	17 paid for out of moneys deposited into the State treasury
85	85	18 or out of trust moneys under the control of or collected by
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87	87	20 "Deforestation" means direct human-induced conversion of
88	88	21 forest to agriculture, a tree plantation, or other non-forest
89	89	22 land use.
90	90	23 "Forest degradation" means structural changes to forest
91	91	24 cover that result in a change in species composition,
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102	102	1 structure, or ecological function of that forest, as indicated
103	103	2 by factors including impacts to carbon storage and other
104	104	3 ecosystem services, native species abundance and composition,
105	105	4 forest structure, and tree age class distribution. "Forest
106	106	5 degradation" includes converting primary forest or naturally
107	107	6 regenerating forest into plantation forest or into other
108	108	7 wooded land and the conversion of primary forest into planted
109	109	8 forests.
110	110	9 "Forest-risk commodity" means:
111	111	10 (1) any commodity, including any agricultural or
112	112	11 nonagricultural commodity, whether in raw or processed
113	113	12 form, that is commonly extracted from or grown, derived,
114	114	13 harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation
115	115	14 or forest degradation has occurred or is likely to occur;
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117	117	16 (2) any product derived from a product described in
118	118	17 paragraph (1).
119	119	18 "Forest-risk commodity" includes beef, cocoa, coffee,
120	120	19 leather, logs, lumber, palm oil, paper, soy, rubber, wood
121	121	20 pulp, and any other commodity identified as such by the
122	122	21 Director of Central Management Services by rule. "Forest-risk
123	123	22 commodity" does not include wood pulp or paper made entirely
124	124	23 from recovered fiber. For any wood pulp or paper product made
125	125	24 partially from recovered fiber, the contractor must only
126	126	25 confirm that the components that were not derived from
127	127	26 recovered fibers were not extracted from, grown, derived,
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138	138	1 harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or
139	139	2 forest degradation occurred in accordance with rules as
140	140	3 provided in Section 60-11.
141	141	4 "Free, prior, and informed consent" means an authorization
142	142	5 that embodies the principle that a community has the right to
143	143	6 give or withhold its approval of a proposed development that
144	144	7 may affect the land and waters it legally or customarily owns,
145	145	8 occupies, or otherwise uses, as described in the United
146	146	9 Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the
147	147	10 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention of 1989, and other
148	148	11 international instruments. "Free, prior, and informed consent"
149	149	12 includes informed, noncoercive negotiations between investors,
150	150	13 companies, or governments and Indigenous peoples prior to
151	151	14 project development, and the formalized ability for impacted
152	152	15 Indigenous peoples to say no if projects do not meet their
153	153	16 needs and, where the risk of harm to Indigenous Peoples'
154	154	17 rights is significant, projects should not proceed without the
155	155	18 affected People's consent.
156	156	19 "Illinois State product" means:
157	157	20 (1) a product that is grown, harvested, or produced in
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159	159	22 (2) a product that is processed inside or outside of
160	160	23 this State comprising over 51%, by weight or volume, raw
161	161	24 materials that are grown, harvested, or produced in this
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163	163	26 "Industrial development" means the processes and
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174	174	1 operations involved in the large-scale production of goods,
175	175	2 including, but not limited to, manufacturing, processing,
176	176	3 warehousing, transporting, or repairing. "Industrial
177	177	4 development" also means the creation of facilities and
178	178	5 transportation infrastructure for these activities, such as
179	179	6 power generation, ship building, road development, and waste
180	180	7 storage and treatment.
181	181	8 "Large contractor" means any contractor whose annual
182	182	9 revenue, or that of its parent company, is equal to or greater
183	183	10 than $100,000,000.
184	184	11 "Medium-sized business" means a business that operates in
185	185	12 this State, is independently owned and operated, not dominant
186	186	13 in its field, and employs between 100 and 500 persons.
187	187	14 "Minority-owned business" has the meaning given to that
188	188	15 term in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
189	189	16 Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
190	190	17 "Peat" means a soil that is rich in organic matter
191	191	18 composed of partially decomposed and decaying plant materials,
192	192	19 and comprises 40 centimeters of the top 100 centimeters of the
193	193	20 soil profile.
194	194	21 "Peatlands" means wetlands with a layer of peat.
195	195	22 "Peatlands" includes moors, bogs, mires, peat swamp forests,
196	196	23 and permafrost tundra.
197	197	24 "Point of origin" means the geographic location, as
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210	210	1 "Primary forest" or "pre-industrial forest" means a forest
211	211	2 that has never been disturbed by industrial development or
212	212	3 large-scale harvesting and has developed following natural
213	213	4 disturbances and under natural processes, regardless of its
214	214	5 age. "Primary forest" includes a forest in any geography that
215	215	6 has experienced nonindustrial-scale human impacts, including
216	216	7 traditional or subsistence activities carried out by
217	217	8 Indigenous communities.
218	218	9 "Recovered fiber" means postconsumer fiber such as paper,
219	219	10 paperboard, and fibrous materials from places including retail
220	220	11 stores, office buildings, and homes, after having passed
221	221	12 through its end usage, including used corrugated boxes, old
222	222	13 newspapers, old magazines, mixed waste paper, tabulating
223	223	14 cards, and used cordage, and all paper, paperboard, and
224	224	15 fibrous materials that enter and are collected from municipal
225	225	16 solid waste, and manufacturing wastes such as dry paper and
226	226	17 paperboard waste generated after completion of the papermaking
227	227	18 process, including envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings, and
228	228	19 other paper and paperboard waste resulting from printing,
229	229	20 cutting, forming, and other converting operations, bag, box,
230	230	21 and carton manufacturing wastes, and butt rolls, mill
231	231	22 wrappers, and rejected unused stock, and repulped finished
232	232	23 paper and paperboard from obsolete inventories of paper and
233	233	24 paperboard manufacturers, merchants, wholesalers, dealers,
234	234	25 printers, converters, and others.
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246	246	1 otherwise destined for the waste stream, including, but not
247	247	2 limited to, post-consumer material, industrial scrap material
248	248	3 and overstock or obsolete inventories from distributors,
249	249	4 wholesalers and other companies. "Secondary material" does not
250	250	5 include those materials and byproducts generated from, and
251	251	6 commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process.
252	252	7 "Small business" has the same meaning given to that term
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254	254	9 "Tropical hardwood" means any and all hardwood,
255	255	10 specifically classified as angiosperm, that grows in any
256	256	11 tropical forest. "Tropical hardwood" includes, but is not
257	257	12 limited to, the following species:
258	258	13 (1) Prunus Africana (African cherry, red stinkwood)
259	259	14 (2) Caryocar Costaricense (garlic tree)
260	260	15 (3) Calophyllum species (bintangor)
261	261	16 (4) Cedrela species (cedar, Spanish cedar, South
262	262	17 American cedar)
263	263	18 (5) Neobalanocarpus Heimii (chengal)
264	264	19 (6) Octomeles Sumatrana (Benuang)
265	265	20 (7) Myroxylon Balsamum (balsamo)
266	266	21 (8) Apuleia Leiocarpa (garapa)
267	267	22 (9) Parastemon Urophyllus (malas)
268	268	23 (10) Spicatus Ridley Hopea species (merawan)
269	269	24 (11) Araucaria Araucana (monkey puzzle, Chilean pine)
270	270	25 (12) Senna Siamea (Siamese cassia)
271	271	26 (13) Pometia Pinnata (taun)
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282	282	1 (14) Millettia Leucantha, Millettia Stuhlmannii,
283	283	2 Millettia Laurentii (sathon, panga panga, wenge)
284	284	3 (15) Bulnesia Arborea, Bulnesia Sarmientoi (verawood,
285	285	4 Argentine lignum vitae)
286	286	5 (16) Tristaniopsis Laurina (water gum)
287	287	6 (17) Terminalia species (limba, afara, ofram, idigbo,
288	288	7 framire, black afara, amarillo, nargusta)
289	289	8 (18) Homalium Foetidum (malas)
290	290	9 (19) Dillenia Papuana (dillenia)
291	291	10 (20) Canarium species (red canarium, grey canarium)
292	292	11 (21) Burkrella Macropoda (rang rang)
293	293	12 (22) Dracontomelon Dao (New Guinea walnut)
294	294	13 (23) Planchonella species (white planchonella, red
295	295	14 planchonella)
296	296	15 (24) Lophopetalum species (perupok)
297	297	16 (25) Cariniana Pyriformis (Colombian mahogany, abarco,
298	298	17 jequitiba)
299	299	18 (26) Mitragyna Ciliata (abura)
300	300	19 (27) Vouacapoua Americana (acapu)
301	301	20 (28) Amburana Cearensis (amburana, cerejeira, cumare)
302	302	21 (29) Lovoa species (African walnut, tigerwood)
303	303	22 (30) Pericopsis Elata (afrormosia)
304	304	23 (31) Peltogyne species (amaranth, purpleheart)
305	305	24 (32) Pterogyne Nitens (amendoim)
306	306	25 (33) Carapa Guianensis, Dicorynia Guianensis, Bagassa
307	307	26 Guianensis, Couratari Guianensis (andiroba, angelique,
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318	318	1 tatajuba, bagasse)
319	319	2 (34) Aningeria species (aningeria, anegre, anigre)
320	320	3 (35) Dipterocarpus species (apitong, keruing)
321	321	4 (36) Centrolobium species (arariba)
322	322	5 (37) Brosimum Utile, Brosimum Alicastrum (baco,
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324	324	7 (38) Ochroma Lagopus, Ochroma Pyramidale (balsa)
325	325	8 (39) Berlinia species (berlinia, rose zebrano)
326	326	9 (40) Symphonia Globulifera (boarwood)
327	327	10 (41) Detarium Senegalense (boire)
328	328	11 (42) Caesalpinia Echinata, Paubrasilia Echinata
329	329	12 (Brazilwood, pernambuco)
330	330	13 (43) Bertholletia Excelsa (Brazil nut, mora)
331	331	14 (44) Guibourtia species (bubinga, African rosewood,
332	332	15 kevazingo, amazique)
333	333	16 (45) Toona Calantas (calantas)
334	334	17 (46) Prioria copaifera (cativo)
335	335	18 (47) Ceiba Pentandra (ceiba)
336	336	19 (48) Antiaris africana (chechen, antiaris)
337	337	20 (49) Tabebuia Donnell-Smithii (copal)
338	338	21 (50) Daniellia species (daniellia)
339	339	22 (51) Cordia species (cordia wood, bocote, ziricote,
340	340	23 louro, freijo)
341	341	24 (52) Hymenaea Courbaril (courbaril, West Indian
342	342	25 locust)
343	343	26 (53) Dipteryx Odorata (cumaru, Brazilian teak)
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354	354	1 (54) Piptadeniastrum Africanum (dahoma)
355	355	2 (55) Calycophyllum Candidissimum (dagame, lemonwood)
356	356	3 (56) Afzelia species (doussie)
357	357	4 (57) Diospyros species (ebony, ceylon ebony,
358	358	5 marblewood)
359	359	6 (58) Lophira Alata (ekki, azobe, red ironwood)
360	360	7 (59) Combretodendron Macrocarpum (esia)
361	361	8 (60) Chlorophora Tinctoria, Chlorophora Excelsa
362	362	9 (fustic, iroko, African teak)
363	363	10 (61) Aucoumea Klaineana (gaboon, okoume)
364	364	11 (62) Astronium species (goncalo alves, tigerwood)
365	365	12 (63) Ocotea Rodiei (greenheart)
366	366	13 (64) Enterolobium Cyclocarpum (guanacaste,
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368	368	15 (65) Guarea species (guarea, bosse)
369	369	16 (66) Phoebe Porosa (imbuia, Brazilian walnut)
370	370	17 (67) Handroanthus species (ipe, pau d'arco, lapacho)
371	371	18 (68) Jacaranda Copaia (jacaranda)
372	372	19 (69) Machaerium Villosum (jacaranda pardo)
373	373	20 (70) Dyera Costulata (jelutong)
374	374	21 (71) Dryobalanops species (kapur, keladan)
375	375	22 (72) Koompassia Malaccensis (kempas)
376	376	23 (73) Acacia Koa (koa)
377	377	24 (74) Pterygota Macrocarpa (koto, African pterygota)
378	378	25 (75) Oxandra Lanceolata (lancewood)
379	379	26 (76) Shorea species (lauan, luan, lawaan, meranti,
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390	390	1 seraya, Philippine mahogany, balau)
391	391	2 (77) Nothofagus Pumilio, Nothofagus Obliqua (lenga
392	392	3 beech, roble)
393	393	4 (78) Guaiacum Officinale (roughbark lignum-vitae)
394	394	5 (79) Aniba Rosaeodora, Aniba Duckei (pau rosa)
395	395	6 (80) Nectandra species (louro preto)
396	396	7 (81) Khaya species (African mahogany)
397	397	8 (82) Swietenia species (mahogany, West Indian
398	398	9 mahogany, Honduran mahogany, Cuban mahogany, big-leaf
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400	400	11 (83) Tieghemella Heckelii (makora)
401	401	12 (84) Intsia Bijuga, Intsia Palembanica (Borneo teak,
402	402	13 merbau)
403	403	14 (85) Anisoptera species (mersawa, krabak, palosapis)
404	404	15 (86) Distemonanthus Benthamianus (movingui, ayan)
405	405	16 (87) Pterocarpus species (narra, amboyna, Papua New
406	406	17 Guinea rosewood, mukula, kosso, zitan, hongmu, padauk,
407	407	18 vermillion wood)
408	408	19 (88) Palaquium species (nyatoh)
409	409	20 (89) Triplochiton Scleroxylon (African whitewood,
410	410	21 obeche, sambawawa)
411	411	22 (90) Nauclea Diderrichii (opepe)
412	412	23 (91) Balfourodendron Riedelianum (marfim)
413	413	24 (92) Aspidosperma species (peroba rosa)
414	414	25 (93) Paratecoma Peroba (peroba branca)
415	415	26 (94) Gonystylus species (ramin)
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426	426	1 (95) Melanorrhoea Curtisii (rengas, Borneo rosewood)
427	427	2 (96) Hevea Brasiliensis (rubber tree)
428	428	3 (97) Dalbergia species (rosewood, Indian rosewood,
429	429	4 Honduras rosewood, cocobolo, granadillo, pinkwood,
430	430	5 tulipwood, African blackwood)
431	431	6 (98) Entandrophragma cylindricum, Entandrophragma
432	432	7 Candollei, Entandrophragma Utile (sapele, sapelli, kosipo,
433	433	8 omu, utile, sipo)
434	434	9 (99) Acanthopanax Ricinofolius (sen)
435	435	10 (100) Brosimum Aubletti, Piratinera (snakewood,
436	436	11 letterwood, leopardwood)
437	437	12 (101) Juglans species (South American walnut, Peruvian
438	438	13 walnut)
439	439	14 (102) Sterculia Rhinopetalia (sterculia)
440	440	15 (103) Tectona Grandis (teak)
441	441	16 (104) Virola species (virola, cumala)
442	442	17 (105) Pentacme Contorta (white lauan)
443	443	18 (106) Microberlinia species (zebrawood, zingana)
444	444	19 "Tropical forest" means a natural ecosystem within the
445	445	20 tropical regions, approximately bounded geographically by the
446	446	21 tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by
447	447	22 other factors such as prevailing winds, containing native
448	448	23 species composition, structure, and ecological function, with
449	449	24 a tree canopy cover of more than 10% over an area of at least
450	450	25 0.5 hectares. "Tropical forest" includes all of the following:
451	451	26 (i) human-managed tropical forests or partially degraded
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462	462	1 tropical forests that are regenerating; and (ii) tropical
463	463	2 forests identified by multi-objective conservation-based
464	464	3 assessment methodologies, such as High Conservation Value
465	465	4 areas (HCV), as defined by the HCV Resource Network, or High
466	466	5 Carbon Stock Forests, as defined by the High Carbon Stock
467	467	6 Approach, or by another methodology with equivalent or higher
468	468	7 standards that includes primary forests and tropical peatlands
469	469	8 of any depth. "Tropical forest" does not include plantations
470	470	9 of any type.
471	471	10 "Tropical hardwood product" means any product that
472	472	11 contains tropical hardwood, regardless of whether it is sold
473	473	12 at wholesale or retail, including, but not limited to,
474	474	13 plywood, veneer, furniture, cabinets, paneling, siding,
475	475	14 moldings, doors, doorskins, joinery, flooring, or sawnwood.
476	476	15 "Tropical peatland" means tropical wetlands with a layer
477	477	16 of peat. "Tropical peatland" includes moors, bogs, mires, and
478	478	17 peat swamp forests.
479	479	18 "Women-owned business" has the meaning given to that term
480	480	19 in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
481	481	20 and Persons with Disabilities Act.
482	482	21 Section 60-2. Purchase of tropical hardwoods prohibited.
483	483	22 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, neither the
484	484	23 State nor any government agency of the State shall purchase,
485	485	24 at wholesale or retail, or obtain for any purpose any tropical
486	486	25 hardwood or tropical hardwood product.
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497	497	1 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to:
498	498	2 (1) any binding contractual obligations for the
499	499	3 purchase of commodities entered into prior to issuance of
500	500	4 rules as described in Section 60-11; or
501	501	5 (2) any grant, subvention, or contract with an agency
502	502	6 of the United States or instruction of an authorized
503	503	7 representative of any such agency if the inclusion or
504	504	8 application of such provisions violates or is inconsistent
505	505	9 with the terms or conditions of the grant, subvention,
506	506	10 contract, or instruction.
507	507	11 Section 60-3. Use of tropical hardwood or tropical
508	508	12 hardwood products prohibited.
509	509	13 (a) No bid proposal or solicitation, request for bid or
510	510	14 proposal, or contract for the construction of any public work,
511	511	15 building maintenance, or improvement for or on behalf of the
512	512	16 State or any government agency of the State shall require or
513	513	17 permit the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood
514	514	18 product.
515	515	19 (b) Every bid proposal, solicitation, request for bid or
516	516	20 proposal, and contract for the construction of any public
517	517	21 work, building maintenance, or improvement shall contain a
518	518	22 statement that any bid, proposal, or other response to a
519	519	23 solicitation for bid or proposal which proposes or calls for
520	520	24 the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product
521	521	25 in performance of the contract shall be void.
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532	532	1 (c) The use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood
533	533	2 product on lands owned or managed by the State or by any
534	534	3 governmental agency of the State is prohibited.
535	535	4 (d) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the
536	536	5 following:
537	537	6 (1) bid packages advertised and made available to the
538	538	7 public or any competitive and sealed bids received or
539	539	8 entered into prior to issuance of rules as described in
540	540	9 Section 60-11;
541	541	10 (2) any amendment, modification, or renewal of a
542	542	11 contract if the contract was entered into prior to the
543	543	12 issuance of rules as described in Section 60-11, and in
544	544	13 which such application would delay timely completion of a
545	545	14 project or involve an increase in the total moneys to be
546	546	15 paid under that contract; or
547	547	16 (3) any grant, subvention, contract with any agency of
548	548	17 the United States or instruction of an authorized
549	549	18 representative of any such agency if the contracting
550	550	19 officer finds that the inclusion or application of such
551	551	20 provisions violates or is inconsistent with the terms or
552	552	21 conditions of a grant, subvention, contract, or
553	553	22 instruction.
554	554	23 Section 60-4. Forest-risk commodity procurement.
555	555	24 (a) Every contract entered into by a State agency that
556	556	25 includes the procurement of any product that consists, in
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567	567	1 whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity shall require the
568	568	2 contractor to confirm that the commodity furnished to the
569	569	3 State under the contract was not extracted from, grown,
570	570	4 derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where
571	571	5 deforestation or forest degradation occurred on or after the
572	572	6 date of issuance of the rules adopted under Section 60-11. The
573	573	7 contractor shall agree to comply with this provision of the
574	574	8 contract.
575	575	9 (b) This Section does not apply to any grant, subvention,
576	576	10 or contract with an agency of the United States or instruction
577	577	11 of an authorized representative of any such agency if the
578	578	12 inclusion or application of such provisions violates or is
579	579	13 inconsistent with the terms or conditions of the grant,
580	580	14 subvention, contractor, or instruction.
581	581	15 Section 60-5. Compliance.
582	582	16 (a) Every contract shall specify that the contractor is
583	583	17 required to cooperate fully in providing access to the
584	584	18 contractor's records, documents, agents, employees, or
585	585	19 premises if required by authorized officials of the
586	586	20 contracting State agency, Central Management Services, or the
587	587	21 Office of the Attorney General to determine the contractor's
588	588	22 compliance with the requirements under Section 60-4.
589	589	23 (b) Contractors shall exercise due diligence in ensuring
590	590	24 that their subcontractors comply with Section 60-4.
591	591	25 Contractors shall require each subcontractor to certify in
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602	602	1 writing that the subcontractor complies with Section 60-4.
603	603	2 Section 60-6. Required forest policies. In addition to the
604	604	3 requirements of Sections 60-4 and 60-5, large contractors
605	605	4 subject to Section 60-4 must confirm that they have adopted a
606	606	5 forest policy that complies with the rules issued under
607	607	6 paragraph (f) of Section 60-11. The adoption of a forest
608	608	7 policy by a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier is not
609	609	8 required for compliance with this Section if that entity is
610	610	9 not a large contractor, but the adoption of such a policy may
611	611	10 be used to demonstrate the entity's compliance with Section
612	612	11 60-6. Such a forest policy and all corresponding data shall be
613	613	12 made publicly available and shall contain, at a minimum, all
614	614	13 of the following:
615	615	14 (1) due diligence measures on the point of origin of
616	616	15 forest-risk commodities that ensure compliance with the
617	617	16 policy where supply chain risks are present;
618	618	17 (2) data detailing the complete list of direct and
619	619	18 indirect suppliers and supply chain traceability
620	620	19 information, including refineries, processing plants,
621	621	20 farms, and plantations, and their respective owners,
622	622	21 parent companies, and farmers, maps, and geolocations, for
623	623	22 each forest-risk commodity found in products that may be
624	624	23 furnished to the State;
625	625	24 (3) measures to be taken to ensure that the product
626	626	25 does not contribute to deforestation or forest
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637	637	1 degradation, including measures to ensure:
638	638	2 (A) no industrial development or logging in
639	639	3 primary forests;
640	640	4 (B) no origination from a site where commodity
641	641	5 production has replaced primary forests in accordance
642	642	6 with this Act;
643	643	7 (C) no industrial development of high carbon stock
644	644	8 forests;
645	645	9 (D) no industrial development of high conservation
646	646	10 value areas;
647	647	11 (E) no industrial development on forests deemed
648	648	12 critical habitat for threatened or endangered species;
649	649	13 (F) no burning for the purposes of clearing land
650	650	14 for agriculture and cultivation of land for non-wood
651	651	15 products regulated by this Act;
652	652	16 (G) progressive reductions of greenhouse gas
653	653	17 emissions on existing plantations;
654	654	18 (H) no development of peat, regardless of depth;
655	655	19 (I) best management practices for existing
656	656	20 plantations on peat; and
657	657	21 (J) where feasible, activities are oriented toward
658	658	22 peat restoration; and
659	659	23 (4) measures taken to prevent exploitation and redress
660	660	24 grievances of Indigenous peoples, workers and local
661	661	25 communities, including measures to ensure:
662	662	26 (A) respect for and recognition of the rights of
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673	673	1 all workers including contract, temporary, and migrant
674	674	2 workers;
675	675	3 (B) respect for and recognition of land tenure of
676	676	4 rights of communities;
677	677	5 (C) respect for the rights of Indigenous peoples
678	678	6 to give or withhold their free, prior, and informed
679	679	7 consent to operations on lands to which they hold
680	680	8 legal, communal, or customary rights;
681	681	9 (D) explicit policies and processes to prevent
682	682	10 violence, intimidation, and coercion of workers and
683	683	11 local communities; and
684	684	12 (E) formal, open, transparent, and consultative
685	685	13 processes to address all complaints and conflicts;
686	686	14 (5) measures to be taken to protect biodiversity and
687	687	15 prevent the poaching of endangered species in all
688	688	16 operations and adjacent areas;
689	689	17 (6) measures to be taken to ensure compliance with the
690	690	18 laws of countries where forest-risk commodities in a
691	691	19 company's supply chain were produced; and
692	692	20 (7) measures to deter violence, threats, and
693	693	21 harassment against environmental human rights defenders,
694	694	22 including respecting internationally recognized human
695	695	23 rights standards, and educating employees, contractors,
696	696	24 and partners on the rights of EHRDs to express their
697	697	25 views, conduct peaceful protests, and criticize practices
698	698	26 without intimidation or retaliation.
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709	709	1 Section 60-7. Stakeholder advisory group. The Director of
710	710	2 Central Management Services shall convene a stakeholder
711	711	3 advisory group, which shall be consulted on the creation of
712	712	4 rules for the implementation of this Act. Members of the
713	713	5 advisory group shall be selected by the Director of Central
714	714	6 Management Services and shall consist of at least:
715	715	7 (1) representatives of current or former contractors
716	716	8 dealing in each of the forest-risk commodities, with an
717	717	9 emphasis on small and medium-sized businesses;
718	718	10 (2) representatives from civil society with relevant
719	719	11 expertise in supply chain traceability, forest
720	720	12 sustainability, biodiversity, forest carbon dynamics,
721	721	13 natural history, climate science, human and labor rights,
722	722	14 and indigenous rights; members selected under this
723	723	15 paragraph should be of at least equal number to members
724	724	16 selected under paragraph (1); and
725	725	17 (3) a minimum of 2 additional representatives from
726	726	18 indigenous communities residing within forests covered by
727	727	19 this Act.
728	728	20 The advisory group shall meet virtually. Membership in the
729	729	21 group shall be voluntary, and, therefore, members shall
730	730	22 receive no salary or compensation for participation.
731	731	23 Section 60-8. Violations and sanctions.
732	732	24 (a) If it is determined that any contractor contracting
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743	743	1 with the State knew or should have known that a product that
744	744	2 consists, in whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity was
745	745	3 furnished to the State in violation of Sections 60-4, 60-5, or
746	746	4 60-6, the contracting State agency shall issue a written
747	747	5 notice of violation and provide an opportunity for the
748	748	6 contractor to come into compliance with the Act. If, after
749	749	7 such notice, a contractor fails to come into compliance with a
750	750	8 timeframe established by the Department of Central Management
751	751	9 Services after consultation with the advisory group, the
752	752	10 contractor may have either one or both of the following
753	753	11 sanctions imposed:
754	754	12 (1) the contract under which the prohibited
755	755	13 forest-risk commodity was furnished may be voided at the
756	756	14 option of the State agency to which the commodity was
757	757	15 furnished; or
758	758	16 (2) the contractor may be assessed a penalty that
759	759	17 shall be the greater of $1,000 or an amount equaling 20% of
760	760	18 the value of the product that the State agency
761	761	19 demonstrates was comprised, in whole or in part, of a
762	762	20 forest-risk commodity and furnished to the State in
763	763	21 violation of Sections 60-4, 60-5, or 60-6.
764	764	22 A hearing or opportunity to be heard shall be provided
765	765	23 prior to the assessment of any penalty.
766	766	24 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a contractor that
767	767	25 complies with Section 60-5 shall not be subject to sanctions
768	768	26 for violations if the contractor had no knowledge of the
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779	779	1 requirements of Sections 60-4, 60-5, and 60-6, and if the
780	780	2 violations were committed solely by a subcontractor. Under
781	781	3 this subsection (b), sanctions described under subsection (a)
782	782	4 shall instead be imposed against the subcontractor that
783	783	5 committed the violation.
784	784	6 Section 60-9. Investigation of violations.
785	785	7 (a) Any State agency that investigates a complaint against
786	786	8 a contractor or subcontractor for violation of this Act may
787	787	9 limit its investigation to evaluating the information provided
788	788	10 by the person or entity submitting the complaint and the
789	789	11 information provided by the contractor or subcontractor.
790	790	12 (b) Whenever a contracting officer of the contracting
791	791	13 State agency has reason to believe that the contractor failed
792	792	14 to comply with Sections 60-4, 60-5, or 60-6, the State Agency
793	793	15 shall refer the matter for investigation to the head of the
794	794	16 State agency and, as the head of the State agency determines
795	795	17 appropriate, to the Office of the Attorney General, in
796	796	18 consultation with the stakeholder advisory group established
797	797	19 under Section 60-7.
798	798	20 Section 60-10. Preference for Illinois State products.
799	799	21 (a) When a State's agency's contract for the purchase of a
800	800	22 commodity or product covered by this Act is to be awarded to
801	801	23 the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder
802	802	24 who is a small business, medium-sized business, minority-owned
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813	813	1 business, women-owned business, or who will fulfill the
814	814	2 contract through the use of Illinois State products may be
815	815	3 given preference over other bidders, as long as (i) the
816	816	4 product does not contribute to deforestation or forest
817	817	5 degradation and (ii) the cost included in the bid is not more
818	818	6 than 10% greater than the cost included in a bid that is not
819	819	7 from a small business, medium-sized business, minority-owned
820	820	8 business, women-owned business, or fulfilled through the use
821	821	9 of Illinois State products.
822	822	10 (b) This Section shall not apply if the head of the
823	823	11 contracting State agency purchasing the products determines
824	824	12 that giving preference to bidders under this Section:
825	825	13 (1) would be against the public interest;
826	826	14 (2) would increase the cost of the contract by an
827	827	15 unreasonable amount; or
828	828	16 (3) would be impracticable because Illinois State
829	829	17 products cannot be obtained in sufficient and reasonable
830	830	18 available quantities and of satisfactory quality to meet
831	831	19 the contracting State agency's requirements.
832	832	20 (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to conflict
833	833	21 with or otherwise limit the goals and requirements set forth
834	834	22 by Article 45 of the Illinois Procurement Code and the
835	835	23 Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
836	836	24 Disabilities Act.
837	837	25 Section 60-11. Rules.
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848	848	1 (a) The Department of Central Management Services shall
849	849	2 facilitate a rule-making process outlined below and issue
850	850	3 rules for the implementation of this Act to be completed on or
851	851	4 before July 1, 2026. The rules shall be developed in
852	852	5 consultation with the stakeholder advisory group established
853	853	6 under Section 60-7. The rules shall include, but shall not be
854	854	7 limited to, all of the following:
855	855	8 (1) Rules establishing a list of forest-risk
856	856	9 commodities that are subject to the requirements of this
857	857	10 Act, including, but not limited to, beef, cocoa, coffee,
858	858	11 leather, palm oil, rubber, soy, and wood and paper
859	859	12 products, referring to any product derived from wood,
860	860	13 including lumber, pulp, paper, fuel wood, particle board,
861	861	14 and cardboard; the list shall be reviewed and updated at
862	862	15 least every 4 years by the Department of Central
863	863	16 Management Services in consultation with the stakeholder
864	864	17 advisory group established under 60-7. When evaluating
865	865	18 inclusion of additional commodities in the list, the
866	866	19 Director of Central Management Services and the
867	867	20 stakeholder advisory group shall consider the impact of
868	868	21 the commodity as a driver of deforestation or forest
869	869	22 degradation, the state of existing supply chain
870	870	23 transparency and traceability systems for the commodity
871	871	24 across all the regions from which it is sourced, and the
872	872	25 feasibility of including the commodity in the requirements
873	873	26 of Section 60-4. The first issuance of rules on or before
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884	884	1 July 1, 2026, shall include, but not be limited to, the
885	885	2 additional evaluation of bananas; corn; mining products,
886	886	3 including bauxite, coal, copper, diamonds, gold, iron,
887	887	4 manganese, nickel, petroleum, and tin; and other
888	888	5 cattle-derived products. Following review of the list of
889	889	6 forest-risk commodities, the Director of Central
890	890	7 Management Services shall issue a report to the Governor
891	891	8 and the General Assembly outlining the reasons for the
892	892	9 inclusion or non-inclusion of any reviewed commodities.
893	893	10 (2) Rules establishing a list of products derived, in
894	894	11 whole or in part, from forest-risk commodities.
895	895	12 (3) Rules establishing a list of products furnished to
896	896	13 the State or used by State contractors in high-volume
897	897	14 purchases that contain or are comprised in whole or in
898	898	15 part of forest-risk commodities.
899	899	16 (4) Rules establishing a set of responsible sourcing
900	900	17 guidelines and policies derived from best practices in
901	901	18 supply chain transparency to the point-of-origin.
902	902	19 (5) Rules establishing guidance to assist contractors
903	903	20 in identifying forest-risk commodities in their supply
904	904	21 chain, performing necessary due diligence to meet the
905	905	22 requirements of this Act, and certifying that the
906	906	23 commodity did not contribute to deforestation or forest
907	907	24 degradation.
908	908	25 (6) Rules establishing the full set of requirements
909	909	26 for a large contractor's forest policy under Section 60-6.
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920	920	1 (7) Rules establishing the process through which
921	921	2 contractors shall certify to the Department of Central
922	922	3 Management Services that they are in compliance with
923	923	4 Sections 60-4, 60-5, and 60-6.
924	924	5 (8) Rules establishing a process to ensure that
925	925	6 details of certified contracts are made available for
926	926	7 public inspection of the website of the Department of
927	927	8 Central Management Services.
928	928	9 (9) Rules establishing an easily accessible system
929	929	10 through which members of the public may make complaints
930	930	11 and submit information regarding violations of this Act.
931	931	12 (10) Rules establishing an information-sharing system
932	932	13 between State Agencies purchasing products subject to the
933	933	14 regulations under this Act and the Department of Central
934	934	15 Management Services regarding contracts involving
935	935	16 purchases of hardwoods and forest-risk commodities after
936	936	17 the effective date of this Act.
937	937	18 (11) Rules establishing any information-sharing
938	938	19 systems with external partners implementing regulations
939	939	20 comparable to this Act.
940	940	21 (b) The Director of Central Management Services may
941	941	22 establish a voluntary certification process for current or
942	942	23 aspiring contractors to be recognized as supplying
943	943	24 deforestation-free products as a part of the rulemaking
944	944	25 process if the Director of Central Management Services, in
945	945	26 consultation with the stakeholder advisory group established
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956	956	1 under Section 60-7, deems it would be advantageous to the
957	957	2 ongoing implementation of this Act. If the Director of Central
958	958	3 Management Services, in consultation with the stakeholder
959	959	4 advisory group established under Section 60-7, deems it would
960	960	5 be advantageous to establish a voluntary certification process
961	961	6 for current or aspiring contractors to be recognized as
962	962	7 supplying deforestation-free products, certification shall
963	963	8 include the following purchase restrictions:
964	964	9 (1) that the certification requirements set forth in
965	965	10 this Act shall not apply to a purchase of goods of $2,500
966	966	11 or less; and
967	967	12 (2) that the total amount of goods exempted under
968	968	13 paragraph (1) shall not exceed $7,500 per year for each
969	969	14 contractor from which a State agency is purchasing goods.
970	970	15 It shall be the responsibility of each State agency to
971	971	16 monitor the use of this exemption and adhere to these
972	972	17 restrictions on these purchases.
973	973	18 Section 60-12. Assessment.
974	974	19 (a) At any time after issuance of rules as described in
975	975	20 Section 60-11, but no less frequently than every 6 months
976	976	21 thereafter, the Director of Central Management Services shall
977	977	22 submit to the General Assembly the details of all contracts
978	978	23 certified under this Act. The Director of Central Management
979	979	24 Services shall assess the compliance of all or a
980	980	25 representative subject of all contracts with the requirements
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991	991	1 of this Act. Following such assessment, and subject to the
992	992	2 approval by a majority of members, the General Assembly may:
993	993	3 (1) make recommendations to the Director of Central
994	994	4 Management Services regarding changes to the rules
995	995	5 implementing this Act; or
996	996	6 (2) make recommendations to the Director of Central
997	997	7 Management Services, the Office of the Attorney General,
998	998	8 the Office of the State Comptroller, or a contracting
999	999	9 State agency regarding deficiencies in contract
1000	1000	10 certifications, violations of this Act, or enforcement
1001	1001	11 actions.
1002	1002	12 (b) All work products produced under Section 60-4 shall be
1003	1003	13 made available to the public on the website of the Department
1004	1004	14 of Central Management Services.
1005	1005	15 Section 60-13. The supply chain transparency assistance
1006	1006	16 program.
1007	1007	17 (a) As used in this Section, "eligible business" means a
1008	1008	18 small business, medium-sized business, minority-owned
1009	1009	19 business, or woman-owned business seeking to comply with the
1010	1010	20 requirements of this Act.
1011	1011	21 (b) In partnership with the Department of Central
1012	1012	22 Management Services, the stakeholder advisory group
1013	1013	23 established under Section 60-7 of this Act is hereby
1014	1014	24 authorized and directed, within one year after the effective
1015	1015	25 date of this Act, to establish, develop, and issue, within
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1026	1026	1 available appropriations, a supply chain transparency
1027	1027	2 assistance program to assist small businesses, medium-sized
1028	1028	3 businesses, and minority-owned and women-owned businesses in
1029	1029	4 achieving supply chains that comply with the requirements of
1030	1030	5 this Act.
1031	1031	6 (c) The purpose of the program developed under this
1032	1032	7 Section is to compile and share resources that:
1033	1033	8 (1) help participating eligible businesses with
1034	1034	9 compliance with supply chain related regulations,
1035	1035	10 procurement standards, or contracting requirements
1036	1036	11 established under this Act; and
1037	1037	12 (2) identify funding streams, grant moneys, financial
1038	1038	13 assistance and other resources that may be available to
1039	1039	14 help participating eligible businesses achieve
1040	1040	15 transparent, traceable, ethical, and sustainable supply
1041	1041	16 chains as it pertains to this Act.
1042	1042	17 (d) The Department of Central Management Services is
1043	1043	18 responsible for publishing the resources compiled by the
1044	1044	19 stakeholder advisory group and facilitating communications
1045	1045	20 between eligible businesses and the stakeholder advisory
1046	1046	21 group.
1047	1047	22 Section 60-14. Report. Beginning 2 years after the
1048	1048	23 effective date of this Act and biennially thereafter, the
1049	1049	24 Director of Central Management Services shall issue a report
1050	1050	25 to the State Procurement Task Force, the Governor, and the
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1061	1061	1 General Assembly on the implementation of this Act.
1062	1062	2 Section 60-15. Applicability.
1063	1063	3 (a) This Act shall apply to all contracts entered into,
1064	1064	4 extended, or renewed on or after issuance of rules as
1065	1065	5 described in Section 60-11.
1066	1066	6 (b) If the Governor or the Director of the Department of
1067	1067	7 Public Health has issued a disaster declaration because of a
1068	1068	8 disaster as defined in Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency
1069	1069	9 Management Act and compliance with all the terms of this Act
1070	1070	10 would be impracticable because critical commodities cannot be
1071	1071	11 obtained in sufficient and reasonable available quantities and
1072	1072	12 of satisfactory quality to meet the contracting State agency's
1073	1073	13 requirements, then the comprehensive requirements of this Act
1074	1074	14 shall be suspended for a period of 60 days beginning the day
1075	1075	15 the disaster declaration, in accordance with which critical
1076	1076	16 commodities regulated by this Act cannot be obtained in
1077	1077	17 sufficient and reasonable available quantities and of
1078	1078	18 satisfactory quality to meet the contracting State agency's
1079	1079	19 requirements.
1080	1080	20 (b) Ongoing suspension of the comprehensive requirements
1081	1081	21 of this Act for terms beyond the initial 60 days must be
1082	1082	22 formally renewed by the Department of Central Management
1083	1083	23 Services and
1084	1084	24 (1) must be dependent upon the existence of an ongoing
1085	1085	25 disaster declaration as defined in Section 4 of the
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1096	1096	1 Illinois Emergency Management Act, and
1097	1097	2 (2) a reality where compliance with all of the terms
1098	1098	3 of this Act would be impracticable because critical
1099	1099	4 commodities cannot be obtained in sufficient and
1100	1100	5 reasonable available quantities and of satisfactory
1101	1101	6 quality to meet the contracting State agency's
1102	1102	7 requirements.
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