Bill Text: IL SB1715 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt a rule requiring that for each drinking fountain in any construction where a drinking fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing Code, there shall also be a bottle filling station or a combined bottle filling station and drinking fountain. Provides that the rules required to be adopted shall take effect and be implemented by July 1, 2026. Defines "bottle filling station".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0223 [SB1715 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1715-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1715 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 320/40.5 new
Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt a rule requiring that for each drinking fountain in any construction where a drinking fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing Code, there shall also be a bottle filling station or a combined bottle filling station and drinking fountain. Provides that the rules required to be adopted shall take effect and be implemented by July 1, 2026. Defines "bottle filling station".
LRB103 25559 AMQ 51908 b
A BILL FOR
SB1715 LRB103 25559 AMQ 51908 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by
adding Section 40.5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 320/40.5 new)
Sec. 40.5. Bottle filling stations.
(a) For the purposes of this Section, "bottle filling
station" means a plumbing fixture connected to the potable
water distribution system and sanitary drainage system that is
designed and intended for filling personal use drinking water
bottles or containers not less than 10 inches (254
millimeters) in height. A "bottle filling station" may be
separate from or integral to a drinking fountain and may
incorporate a water filter and a cooling system for chilling
the drinking water.
(b) The Department shall adopt a rule requiring that for
each drinking fountain in any construction where a drinking
fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill.
Adm. Code 890, there shall also be a bottle filling station or
a combined bottle filling station and drinking fountain.
(c) The rules required to be adopted under this Section
shall take effect and be implemented by July 1, 2026.