Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB0167 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0167 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 170/5415 ILCS 170/45 new415 ILCS 170/50 new415 ILCS 170/55 new Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this State a juvenile product if the product or a product component contains intentionally added PFAS. Provides for enforcement. Exempts from the Act's requirements products that are federally preempted, products already regulated by the Act, used products, prosthetic or orthotic devices, and any medical device or drug used in a medical setting or in medical applications regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Defines terms. LRB104 02947 BDA 12963 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0167 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 170/5415 ILCS 170/45 new415 ILCS 170/50 new415 ILCS 170/55 new 415 ILCS 170/5 415 ILCS 170/45 new 415 ILCS 170/50 new 415 ILCS 170/55 new Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this State a juvenile product if the product or a product component contains intentionally added PFAS. Provides for enforcement. Exempts from the Act's requirements products that are federally preempted, products already regulated by the Act, used products, prosthetic or orthotic devices, and any medical device or drug used in a medical setting or in medical applications regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Defines terms. LRB104 02947 BDA 12963 b LRB104 02947 BDA 12963 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0167 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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8	8	Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this State a juvenile product if the product or a product component contains intentionally added PFAS. Provides for enforcement. Exempts from the Act's requirements products that are federally preempted, products already regulated by the Act, used products, prosthetic or orthotic devices, and any medical device or drug used in a medical setting or in medical applications regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Defines terms.
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14	14	1 AN ACT concerning safety.
15	15	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
16	16	3 represented in the General Assembly:
17	17	4 Section 5. The PFAS Reduction Act is amended by changing
18	18	5 Section 5 and by adding Sections 45, 50, and 55 as follows:
19	19	6 (415 ILCS 170/5)
20	20	7 Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context
21	21	8 otherwise provides:
22	22	9 "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection
23	23	10 Agency.
24	24	11 "Class B firefighting foam" means foam designed to
25	25	12 extinguish flammable liquid fires or prevent the ignition of
26	26	13 flammable liquids.
27	27	14 "Fire department" means the duly authorized fire
28	28	15 protection organization of a unit of local government, a
29	29	16 Regional Fire Protection Agency, a fire protection district,
30	30	17 or a volunteer fire department.
31	31	18 "Juvenile product" means a product designed or marketed
32	32	19 for use by infants or children under 12 years of age. "Juvenile
33	33	20 product" includes, but is not limited to, the following: a
34	34	21 baby or toddler foam pillow; a bassinet; a bedside sleeper; a
35	35	22 booster seat; a changing pad; a child restraint system for use
36	36	23 in a motor vehicle or aircraft; a co-sleeper; a crib mattress;
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40	40	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0167 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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46	46	Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this State a juvenile product if the product or a product component contains intentionally added PFAS. Provides for enforcement. Exempts from the Act's requirements products that are federally preempted, products already regulated by the Act, used products, prosthetic or orthotic devices, and any medical device or drug used in a medical setting or in medical applications regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Defines terms.
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77	77	1 a highchair; a highchair pad; an infant bouncer; an infant
78	78	2 carrier; an infant seat; an infant sleep positioner; an infant
79	79	3 swing; an infant travel bed; an infant walker; a nap cot; a
80	80	4 nursing pad, pillow, or mat; a playpen; a play yard; a
81	81	5 polyurethane foam mat, pad, or pillow; a portable foam nap
82	82	6 mat; a portable infant sleeper; a portable hook-on chair; a
83	83	7 soft-sided portable crib; a stroller; and a toddler mattress.
84	84	8 "Juvenile product" does not include the following: an adult
85	85	9 mattress; a children's electronic product, including a
86	86	10 personal computer, audio and video equipment, a calculator, a
87	87	11 wireless phone, a game console, a handheld device
88	88	12 incorporating a video screen, or any associated peripheral,
89	89	13 such as a mouse, a keyboard, a power supply unit, or a power
90	90	14 cord; or an internal component of a product that would not come
91	91	15 into direct contact with a child's skin or mouth during
92	92	16 reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of the product.
93	93	17 "Local government" means a unit of local government or
94	94	18 other special purpose district that provides firefighting
95	95	19 services.
96	96	20 "Manufacturer" means a person that creates or produces a
97	97	21 product or whose brand name is affixed to the product. In the
98	98	22 case of a product imported into the United States,
99	99	23 "manufacturer" includes the importer or first domestic
100	100	24 distributor of the product if the person that creates or
101	101	25 produces the product or whose brand name is affixed to the
102	102	26 product does not have a presence in the United States. a person
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113	113	1 that manufactures Class B firefighting foam and any agents of
114	114	2 that person, including an importer, distributor, authorized
115	115	3 servicer, factory branch, or distributor branch.
116	116	4 "Perfluoroalkyl substance or polyfluoroalkyl substance" or
117	117	5 "PFAS" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals
118	118	6 containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
119	119	7 "Person" means any individual, partnership, association,
120	120	8 public or private corporation, limited liability company, or
121	121	9 any other type of legal or commercial entity, including, but
122	122	10 not limited to, members, managers, partners, directors, or
123	123	11 officers.
124	124	12 "Product" means an item manufactured, assembled, packaged,
125	125	13 or otherwise prepared for sale to consumers, including, but
126	126	14 not limited to, its product components, sold or distributed
127	127	15 for personal, residential, commercial, or industrial use,
128	128	16 including for use in making other products.
129	129	17 "Product component" means an identifiable component of a
130	130	18 product, regardless of whether the manufacturer of the product
131	131	19 is the manufacturer of the component.
132	132	20 "Testing" means calibration testing, conformance testing,
133	133	21 and fixed system testing.
134	134	22 (Source: P.A. 102-290, eff. 8-6-21.)
135	135	23 (415 ILCS 170/45 new)
136	136	24 Sec. 45. Juvenile products; PFAS. Beginning January 1,
137	137	25 2026, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for
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148	148	1 sale in this State a juvenile product if the product or a
149	149	2 product component contains intentionally added PFAS.
150	150	3 (415 ILCS 170/50 new)
151	151	4 Sec. 50. Enforcement regarding juvenile products.
152	152	5 (a) The Agency shall investigate alleged violations of
153	153	6 Section 45 and the provisions added by this amendatory Act of
154	154	7 the 104th General Assembly and may refer such violations for
155	155	8 prosecution by the Office of the Illinois Attorney General or
156	156	9 the State's Attorney of the county in which the alleged
157	157	10 violation occurred. The State's Attorney or Attorney General,
158	158	11 as the case may be, may, at the request of the Agency or on its
159	159	12 own volition, institute a civil action for the penalties
160	160	13 described in this Act, as well as other remedies, including
161	161	14 injunctive relief, as necessary to restrain or remedy
162	162	15 violations of Section 45 and the provisions added by this
163	163	16 amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
164	164	17 (b) The Agency may coordinate with the Department of
165	165	18 Public Health in enforcing Section 45 and the provisions added
166	166	19 by this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
167	167	20 (c) When requested by the Agency, a person must furnish to
168	168	21 the Agency any information that the person may have or may
169	169	22 reasonably obtain that is relevant to show compliance with
170	170	23 Section 45 and the provisions added by this amendatory Act of
171	171	24 the 104th General Assembly.
172	172	25 (d) This Section shall not be construed to limit
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183	183	1 enforcement of the provisions of any other Section in this
184	184	2 PFAS Reduction Act.
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