Bill Text: IL HB4740 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, no later than 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Labor, in collaboration with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, shall adopt rules to establish a procedure to protect the health and safety of employees of this State or employees of employers who contract with this State who are exposed to unhealthy or hazardous amounts of particulate matter air pollution. Sets forth the minimum standards for the procedures and exceptions. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4740 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4740-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4740 Introduced , by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new
Amends the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, no later than 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Labor, in collaboration with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, shall adopt rules to establish a procedure to protect the health and safety of employees of this State or employees of employers who contract with this State who are exposed to unhealthy or hazardous amounts of particulate matter air pollution. Sets forth the minimum standards for the procedures and exceptions. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Labor Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
1505-225 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new)
Sec. 1505-225. Air quality standards for employees.
(a) As used in this Section, "Air Quality Index" or "AQI"
means a measurement of air quality developed by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency as an indicator of overall air
quality based on the criteria pollutants regulated under the
Clean Air Act, including ground-level ozone, particulate
matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide.
(b) No later than 180 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Director, in
collaboration with the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health, shall adopt rules to establish a procedure to protect
the health and safety of employees of this State or employees
of employers who contract with this State who are exposed to
unhealthy or hazardous amounts of particulate matter air
pollution. The procedures shall, at a minimum:
(1) require an employer of an employee exposed to air

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with an AQI of 101 through 250 to:
(A) assess and monitor air quality at each work
location where employees are exposed;
(B) provide and document employee training;
(C) implement a 2-way communication system; and
(D) provide NIOSH-approved filtering facepiece
respirators for voluntary use; and
(2) require an employer of an employee exposed to air
with an AQI of 250 or above, in addition to the procedures
described in paragraph (1), provide NIOSH-approved
filtering facepiece respirators for mandatory use and
provide employees training in the proper wear, storage,
and disposal of the respirator, including how to check the
respirator's seal.
(c) The procedures described in subsection (b) shall not
apply to:
(1) employees working in enclosed buildings,
structures, and vehicles in which air is filtered by a
mechanical ventilation system and exterior openings are
kept closed except when it is necessary to briefly open
doors to enter or exit;
(2) employers that have predetermined to suspend
operations to prevent employee exposure to air with an AQI
of 101 or above;
(3) employees working at home;
(4) employees assisting in firefighting operations or

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other emergency operations; and
(5) employees whose work activities involve exposure
of less than 15 minutes per hour to air with an AQI of 101
or above for a total exposure of less than one hour in a
single 24-hour period.