Bill Text: IL HB2516 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this State the following products if the product contains intentionally added PFAS: (1) cookware, (2) cosmetics, (3) dental floss, (4) juvenile products, (5) menstrual products, (6) intimate apparel, or (7) food packaging or food contact products. Defines terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-04 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2516 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2516-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2516 Introduced , by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 170/5
415 ILCS 170/45 new
Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this State the following products if the product contains intentionally added PFAS: (1) cookware, (2) cosmetics, (3) dental floss, (4) juvenile products, (5) menstrual products, (6) intimate apparel, or (7) food packaging or food contact products. Defines terms.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The PFAS Reduction Act is amended by changing
Section 5 and by adding Section 45 as follows:
(415 ILCS 170/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
"Class B firefighting foam" means foam designed to
extinguish flammable liquid fires or prevent the ignition of
flammable liquids.
"Cookware" means durable houseware items used to prepare,
dispense, or store food, foodstuffs, or beverages. "Cookware"
includes, but is not limited to, pots, pan, skillets, grills,
baking sheets, baking molds, trays, bowls, and cooking
utensils.
"Cosmetics" means articles:
(1) intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or
sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the
human body or any part of the human body for the purpose of
cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or
altering the appearance; or

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(2) intended for use as a component of any article
under paragraph (1).
"Cosmetics" includes soap and any other article under
paragraphs (1) or (2) of this definition.
"Dental Floss" means a cord or cords of thin filaments
used in interdental cleaning to remove debris and dental
plaque from between teeth.
"Fire department" means the duly authorized fire
protection organization of a unit of local government, a
Regional Fire Protection Agency, a fire protection district,
or a volunteer fire department.
"Food packaging" or "food contact product" means a
container applied to or providing a means to market, protect,
handle, deliver, serve, contain, or store a food or beverage.
"Food packaging" or "food contact product" includes:
(1) a unit package, an intermediate package, and a
shipping container;
(2) unsealed receptacles, such as carrying cases,
crates, cups, plates, bowls, pails, rigid foil and other
trays, wrappers and wrapping films, bags, and tubs; and
(3) an individually assembled part of a food package,
such as any interior or exterior blocking, bracing,
cushioning, weatherproofing, exterior strapping,
coatings, closures, inks, and labels.
"Intentionally added PFAS" means PFAS deliberately added
during, or reasonably anticipated to be present in, the

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manufacture of a product or its final packaging.
"Intimate apparel" means garments intended to be worn
under clothes usually with direct contact with skin. "Intimate
apparel" includes, but is not limited to, bras, briefs,
shapewear, sleepwear, thermals, loungewear, socks, and
stockings.
"Juvenile product" means a product designed or marketed
for use by infants and children under 12 years of age.
"Juvenile product" includes, but is not limited to, a baby or
toddler foam pillow, bassinet, bedside sleeper, booster seat,
changing pad, child restraint system for use in a motor
vehicle and aircraft, co-sleeper, crib mattress, highchair,
highchair pad, infant bouncer, infant carrier, infant seat,
infant sleep positioner, infant swing, infant travel bed,
infant walker, nap cot, nursing pad, nursing pillow, play mat,
playpen, play yard, polyurethane foam mat, pad, or pillow,
portable foam nap mat, portable infant sleeper, portable
hook-on chair, soft-sided portable crib, stroller, and toddler
mattress. "Juvenile product" does not include a children's
electronic product, including a personal computer, audio and
video equipment, calculator, wireless phone, game console,
handheld device incorporating a video screen, or any
associated peripheral, such as a mouse, keyboard, power supply
unit, power cord, adult mattress, or an internal component of
a product that would not come into direct contact with a
child's skin or mouth during reasonably foreseeable use and

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abuse of the product.
"Local government" means a unit of local government or
other special purpose district that provides firefighting
services.
"Manufacturer" means a person that manufactures Class B
firefighting foam and any agents of that person, including an
importer, distributor, authorized servicer, factory branch, or
distributor branch.
"Menstrual product" means a product used to collect
menstruation and vaginal discharge, including, but not limited
to, tampons, pads, sponges, menstruation underwear, disks, and
menstrual cups, whether disposable or reusable.
"Perfluoroalkyl substance or polyfluoroalkyl substance" or
"PFAS" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals
containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, association,
public or private corporation, limited liability company, or
any other type of legal or commercial entity, including, but
not limited to, members, managers, partners, directors, or
officers.
"Product" means an item manufactured, assembled, packaged,
or otherwise prepared for sale to consumers, including, but
not limited to, its product components, sold or distributed
for personal, residential, commercial, or industrial use,
including for use in making other products.
"Testing" means calibration testing, conformance testing,

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and fixed system testing.
(Source: P.A. 102-290, eff. 8-6-21.)
(415 ILCS 170/45 new)
Sec. 45. Other banned products; other civil penalties;
enforcement.
(a) Beginning January 1, 2026, a person may not sell,
offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this State the
following products if the product contains intentionally added
PFAS:
(1) cookware;
(2) cosmetics;
(3) dental floss;
(4) juvenile products;
(5) menstrual products;
(6) intimate apparel; or
(7) food packaging or food contact products.
(b) A person, other than a manufacturer subject to Section
35 of this Act, who knowingly violates this Section is subject
to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for the first violation
and a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each subsequent
violation. Civil penalties collected under this Section must
be deposited into the Environmental Protection Trust Fund to
be used in accordance with the provisions of the Environmental
Protection Trust Fund Act.
(c) This Act and the civil penalties in this Act may be

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enforced by the Attorney General or the State's Attorney of
the county where the violation occurs by bringing an action in
the name of the People of the State of Illinois in a court of
competent jurisdiction alleging a violation of this Act.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the Attorney
General or the State's Attorney of the county where the
violation occurs from seeking equitable remedies or other
remedies in common law, in State or federal statute, or in
State or federal rules or regulations to enforce or in
connection with the enforcement of this Act, any part of this
Act, or in remedying harm from any action or omission in
violation of this Act or in violation of common law, State or
federal statute, or State or federal rules or regulations.