Bill Text: IL HB2076 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that beginning January 1, 2020, no person shall manufacture thermal paper. Provides that no person shall distribute or use any thermal paper for the making of business or banking records. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0457 [HB2076 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2076-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 101-0457 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 22.59 as follows:
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(415 ILCS 5/22.59 new) | ||||
Sec. 22.59. Regulation of bisphenol A in business | ||||
transaction paper. | ||||
(a) For purposes of this Section, "thermal paper" means | ||||
paper with bisphenol A added to the coating. | ||||
(b) Beginning January 1, 2020, no person shall manufacture, | ||||
for sale in this State, thermal paper. | ||||
(c) No person shall distribute or use any thermal paper for | ||||
the making of business or banking records, including, but not | ||||
limited to, records of receipts, credits, withdrawals, | ||||
deposits, or credit or debit card transactions. This subsection | ||||
shall not apply to thermal paper that was manufactured prior to | ||||
January 1, 2020. | ||||
(d) The prohibition in subsections (a) and (b) shall not | ||||
apply to paper containing recycled material.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law.
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