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IL SB2920

Bill

Status

Failed

1/13/2021

Primary Sponsor

Emil Jones

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Origin

Senate

101st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits bars, restaurants, and food-selling businesses from providing single-use plastic straws to customers unless specifically requested.

  • Defines "single-use plastic straw" as a disposable tube made from petroleum-based or biologically-based plastic, excluding straws made from paper, pasta, sugar cane, wood, or bamboo.

  • Designates the Department of Public Health as the enforcement agency for the ban.

  • First violation results in a notice of violation; subsequent violations incur a $25 fine per day of non-compliance, with all fines paid to the Department of Public Health.

Legislative Description

PLASTIC STRAW BAN

Last Action

Session Sine Die

1/13/2021

Committee Referrals

Assignments4/12/2020
Agriculture2/27/2020
Assignments2/4/2020

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