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IL HB4831

Bill

Status

Failed

1/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kambium Buckner

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd General Assembly

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Grants the Attorney General rule-making authority to enforce the Act.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules4/5/2024
Energy & Environment3/20/2024
Rules3/15/2024
Energy & Environment3/5/2024
Rules2/7/2024

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