Bill Text: IL HB2921 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Creates the Safe Flame Retardants Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2014, no manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer may knowingly manufacture, sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in this State, a children's product or residential upholstered furniture, containing a component part that has a combined TRIS concentration of greater than 50 parts per million. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2015, no manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer may knowingly manufacturer, sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in this State, a children's product or residential upholstered furniture, containing any flame retardant that is a chemical of high concern. Directs the Attorney General to administer the Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief and civil penalties for violations of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2921 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2921-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2921
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2921 on page 4, | ||||||
| 3 | immediately below line 4, by inserting the following:
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| 4 | "Section 17. Applicability of prohibitions. | ||||||
| 5 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the | ||||||
| 6 | prohibitions in this Act do not apply to the manufacture, sale, | ||||||
| 7 | or distribution of machinery or non-motorized devices and | ||||||
| 8 | equipment used in the manufacture and transportation of | ||||||
| 9 | industrial, commercial, or consumer goods.".
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