Illinois House Bill 3612 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Carpet Stewardship Act. Provides that within 60 days after the effective date of the Act, the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency shall appoint specified members to a clearinghouse to administer and implement a carpet stewardship program. Specifies the duties of the clearinghouse. Requires the clearinghouse to be incorporated as a nonprofit. Provides that for all carpet sold in this State, the clearinghouse shall implement, and producers shall finance, a statewide carpet stewardship program that manages the product by reducing the product's waste generation, promotes its carpet recovery and reutilization, and provides for negotiation and execution of agreements to collect, transport, process, and market the old carpet for end-of-life carpet recovery or carpet reutilization. Requires the clearinghouse to submit, by July 1, 2024 and by July 1 every 3 years thereafter, a 3-year plan to the Agency for approval. Specifies the requirements for the plan. Establishes requirements for review of the plan and requirements for producers, retailers, and distributors of carpet. Requires the clearinghouse to submit annual reports to the Agency and pay specified administrative fees. Includes enforcement provisions for the Act. Establishes requirements for State procurement of carpet in the future. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.

CARPET STEWARDSHIP ACT

Rep. Janet Yang Rohr [D]

Rep. Kambium Buckner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Session Sine Die
2023-03-10	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee
2023-02-17	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-17	House	First Reading
2023-02-17	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3612&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB3612.htm