Illinois Senate Bill 2224 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-07-31 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Act. Requires manufacturers of plastic carryout bags to register with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and pay to the Agency an initial registration fee and annual registration renewal fee. Prohibits a manufacturer from selling or offering to sell plastic carryout bag in the State unless the manufacturer is registered with the Agency and its name is printed on the plastic carryout bags it manufactures. Requires each manufacturer to develop, and submit to the Agency, a plan to support the collection and recycling of plastic carryout bags and plastic film product wrap. Prohibits retailers from purchasing plastic carryout bags from manufacturers under certain circumstances. Sets forth duties of the Agency. Creates penalties for violations of the Act. Encourages manufacturers to include recycled content in the plastic carryout bags that they produce. Requires certain reports to be filed with the General Assembly. Makes the Act inapplicable in units of local government with a population of over 2,000,000. Specifies that the Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Act controls in the event of a conflict with another Act. Denies home rule powers. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to provide for the repeal of the Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Act on October 1, 2017. Effective immediately.

PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING

Sen. Terry Link [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-31	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2016-05-31	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As December 31, 2016
2016-05-27	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2016
2016-05-13	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 27, 2016
2016-04-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 13, 2016
2016-04-20	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2016
2016-04-20	Senate	Second Reading
2016-04-07	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2016
2016-04-07	Senate	Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 009-000-000
2016-03-10	Senate	Postponed - Environment and Conservation
2016-01-27	Senate	Assigned to Environment and Conservation
2016-01-13	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2016-01-13	Senate	First Reading
2016-01-13	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	80	4.31	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2224&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB2224.htm