Illinois House Bill 647 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. In provisions regarding the handling of bulk food: replaces references to personal containers with references to consumer-owned containers; provides that clean consumer-owned containers provided or returned to a restaurant or retailer for filling may be filled and returned to the same consumer if the consumer-owned container is filled by either an employee of the restaurant or retailer or the owner of the consumer-owned container; requires consumer-owned containers filled to be designed and constructed for reuse in accordance with a specified provision of the 2017 Food Code; and requires restaurants and retailers to meet specified requirements. Provides that consumer-owned containers that are not food-specific may be filled at a beverage vending machine or system. Requires the Department of Public Health, on or before January 1, 2022, to produce materials for restaurants and retailers indicating that consumer-owned containers are not prohibited for use under Illinois law and specifying best practices for food safety requirements for such containers. Effective immediately.

FOOD & DRUG-CONTAINERS

Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback [D]	Rep. Jonathan Carroll [D]	Rep. Anne Stava-Murray [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]
Rep. Deborah Conroy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2021-03-08	House	To Product Safety Subcommittee
2021-03-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
2021-03-03	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
2021-03-02	House	Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee
2021-03-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2021-02-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
2021-02-08	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2021-02-08	House	First Reading
2021-02-04	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
410	620	3.15	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=647&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB0647.htm