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IL HB4831
Bill
Status
1/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kambium Buckner
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AI Summary
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Creates the Small Single-Use Plastic Act prohibiting hotels with 50 or more rooms from providing small single-use plastic bottles (less than 6-ounce capacity) containing personal care products (shampoo, hair conditioner, bath soap) beginning July 1, 2025, with all hotels subject to the restriction starting January 1, 2026.
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Allows hotels to provide small single-use plastic bottles of personal care products upon request at locations outside sleeping rooms and shared bathrooms, at no cost to the customer.
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Requires first violations to receive a written warning from the Attorney General, State's Attorney, or municipal attorney; subsequent violations subject hotels to $500 civil penalties.
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Grants the Attorney General rule-making authority to enforce the Act.
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Preempts home rule by prohibiting local governments from passing ordinances, resolutions, or rules that further restrict hotels' ability to provide these products.
Legislative Description
SINGLE-USE PLASTIC
Last Action
Session Sine Die
1/7/2025