Bill Text: IL HR0031 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares the month of January 2025 as Radon Action Month in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr [HR0031 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HR0031-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, January is Radon Action Month, and it is | ||||||
| 3 | imperative for all Illinois citizens and property owners to | ||||||
| 4 | test their homes, schools, apartments, healthcare facilities, | ||||||
| 5 | and other occupied buildings for radon; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas | ||||||
| 7 | that may threaten the health of Illinois citizens and their | ||||||
| 8 | families; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer | ||||||
| 10 | in the U.S., and it is the leading cause of lung cancer in | ||||||
| 11 | non-smokers; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | ||||||
| 13 | estimates that radon is responsible for approximately 21,000 | ||||||
| 14 | lung cancer deaths each year; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, In Illinois, 41% of homes, and an even higher | ||||||
| 16 | percentage of schools and commercial buildings, have high | ||||||
| 17 | radon levels; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Any building in Illinois may have elevated levels | ||||||
| 19 | of radon, even if neighboring buildings do not, and elevated | ||||||
| 20 | levels pose a serious health threat to Illinois citizens; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Testing for radon is simple and inexpensive, and | ||||||
| 2 | identified radon problems can be fixed; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the | ||||||
| 4 | U.S. Office of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Environmental | ||||||
| 5 | Protection Agency are supporting efforts to encourage | ||||||
| 6 | homeowners to test their homes for radon, to mitigate elevated | ||||||
| 7 | levels of radon, and to build new homes with radon-resistant | ||||||
| 8 | materials and features; therefore, be it
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