SB 134
Comment:
IFRA Position: Monitor
Short Description: WEATHER MODIFICATION-SEEDING
Senate Sponsors
Sen. Neil Anderson
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Weather Modification Act. Provides that any form of weather modification shall not be allowed in the State, including the seeding of clouds by plane or ground. Defines "seeding" as a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds. Effective immediately.
Last Action
Date |
Chamber |
Action |
1/31/2023 |
Senate |
Assigned to Environment and Conservation |
SB 88
Comment:
IFRA Position: Monitor
Short Description: EPA-PFAS CONSUMER PROTECTION
Senate Sponsors
Sen. Laura Fine, Laura Ellman and Rachel Ventura
Synopsis As Introduced
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals Consumer Protection Law. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. In provisions regarding environmentally preferable procurement, includes products that do not contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the definitions of "environmentally preferable supplies" and "environmentally preferable services". Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that on and after specified dates, no person shall sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in the State specified products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals. Provides that on and after January 1, 2025, a PFAS manufacturer of cookware sold in the State that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the handle of the product or in any product surface that comes into contact with food, foodstuffs, or beverages shall list the presence of PFAS chemicals on the product label and comply with other specified requirements. Contains exemptions from the requirements for specified cookware. On and after January 1, 2025, prohibits manufacturers from making a claim on cookware packaging that the cookware is free of any PFAS chemical, unless no individual PFAS chemical is intentionally added to the cookware. Contains notification requirements. Contains other provisions.
Last Action
Date |
Chamber |
Action |
1/20/2023 |
Senate |
Referred to Assignments |
HB 3935
Comment:
IFRA Position: Monitor
Short Description: EPA-GREENHOUSE GASES
House Sponsors
Rep. Dave Severin
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Restores a provision in the Act concerning the regulation of greenhouse gases to its form prior to amendment by P.A. 102-662. Repeals a provision defining "clean energy". Effective immediately.
Last Action
Date |
Chamber |
Action |
2/17/2023 |
House |
Referred to Rules Committee |
HB 3803
Comment:
IFRA Position: Monitor
Short Description: UTIL-MORATORIUM CO2 PIPE
House Sponsors
Rep. Anna Moeller
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Safety Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act. Provides that no certificate of authority for the construction and operation of a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide shall be issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission before the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has adopted its revised federal safety standards for transportation of carbon dioxide. Provides that any application for a certificate of authority to construct and operate a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide currently pending before the Commission shall be held in abeyance, without prejudice, until the completion of PHMSA's rulemaking and the issuance of its new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines or the expiration of the temporary moratorium. Provides that the temporary moratorium will expire 2 years after the Act becomes effective or upon the adoption of PHMSA's new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines, whichever happens first. Effective immediately.
Last Action
Date |
Chamber |
Action |
2/17/2023 |
House |
Referred to Rules Committee |
HB 3767
Comment:
IFRA Position: Monitor
Short Description: EPA-GASIFICATION FACILITY
House Sponsors
Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Repeals provisions creating a pilot project for a Will County and Grundy County pyrolysis or gasification facility.
Last Action
Date |
Chamber |
Action |
2/17/2023 |
House |
Referred to Rules Committee |