Bill Text: IL SB1927 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency may establish a take-back program for local fire departments that use and store older firefighting foam made with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1927 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1927-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1927 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/22.63 new
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency may establish a take-back program for local fire departments that use and store older firefighting foam made with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. Effective immediately.
LRB103 28769 CPF 55152 b
A BILL FOR
SB1927 LRB103 28769 CPF 55152 b
AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
adding Section 22.63 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/22.63 new)
Sec. 22.63. PFAS take-back program. The Agency may
establish a take-back program for local fire departments that
use and store older firefighting foam made with perfluoroalkyl
and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.