SB1231 Summary

• Renames the Soil Amendment Act to the "Soil, Plant, and Additive Act" and expands its scope to cover additives and plant amendments in addition to soil amendments.

• Adds definitions for "active ingredient," "additive," "amendment," "inert ingredient," and "plant amendment" to clarify regulated products under the Act.

• Removes the July 1, 1992 effective date from registration and labeling requirements, making them apply immediately to all separately identified additives or amendments distributed in Illinois.

• Requires product labels to identify all active and inert ingredients with their percentages, net weight, brand name, purpose, directions for use, and registrant information.

• Updates penalty structure with administrative penalties of $500, $250, or $100 per occurrence depending on violation severity, including violations related to stop-sale orders, misbranding, adulteration, and noxious weed seed.