Bill Text: IL HB2725 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Vector Control Act. Adds legislative findings to the Act. Defines "integrated vector management approach". Provides that an organization performing mosquito control as a public service shall submit to the Department of Public Health a written integrated vector management plan. Provides that this requirement does not apply to (i) the Department mosquito control grantees who are supervised by the Department on the effective date of the amendatory Act or (ii) a business or person regulated under the Structural Pest Control Act. Provides that a vector management organization shall establish and maintain a system of public notification prior to the use of wide-area chemical pesticides from the public right of way. Provides that a vector management plan shall consist of a plan for the prevention and biological and nonchemical control of disease vectors based upon scientific data prescribed by the Department. Effective January 1, 2026.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2725 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2725-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2725 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 95/1.5 new
410 ILCS 95/2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7802
410 ILCS 95/3.5 new
Amends the Vector Control Act. Adds legislative findings to the Act. Defines "integrated vector management approach". Provides that an organization performing mosquito control as a public service shall submit to the Department of Public Health a written integrated vector management plan. Provides that this requirement does not apply to (i) the Department mosquito control grantees who are supervised by the Department on the effective date of the amendatory Act or (ii) a business or person regulated under the Structural Pest Control Act. Provides that a vector management organization shall establish and maintain a system of public notification prior to the use of wide-area chemical pesticides from the public right of way. Provides that a vector management plan shall consist of a plan for the prevention and biological and nonchemical control of disease vectors based upon scientific data prescribed by the Department. Effective January 1, 2026.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Vector Control Act is amended by changing
Section 2 and by adding Sections 1.5 and 3.5 as follows:
(410 ILCS 95/1.5 new)
Sec. 1.5. Legislative intent. The General Assembly
recognizes that:
(1) climate change is a factor in future
mosquito-borne and vector-borne diseases;
(2) there is a need to ensure environmental protection
as well as the protection of public health and the quality
of life; and
(3) an integrated pest management approach is the best
way to balancing these goals.
(410 ILCS 95/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7802)
Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act:
"Arthropod" means a mosquito or other invertebrate animal
with jointed legs and a segmented body.
"Commercial pesticide applicator" means a person certified
or licensed under the Structural Pest Control Act or the
Illinois Pesticide Act who contracts to apply a pesticide

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within the scope of his or her certification or license.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
Health.
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department
of Public Health.
"Integrated pest management" means modification of the
life system of a vector or pest to reduce its numbers to an
acceptable level by applying current biological and
technological knowledge to achieve the desired modification in
a manner that ensures protection of the environment and public
health.
"Integrated vector management approach" means an approach
that prioritizes (i) the prevention and biological and
nonchemical control of disease vectors and (ii) a data-driven
approach to vector management.
"Local health authority" means the full-time health
department, as recognized by the Department, having
jurisdiction over a particular area.
"Pest" means undesirable arthropods (including certain
insects, spiders, mites, ticks and related organisms), wood
infesting organisms, rats, mice, birds and any other obnoxious
or undesirable animals.
"Vector" means arthropods, rats, mice, birds or other
animals capable of carrying disease-producing organisms to a
human or animal host. "Vector" does not include animals that
transmit disease to humans only when used as human food.

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(Source: P.A. 86-452.)
(410 ILCS 95/3.5 new)
Sec. 3.5. Integrated vector management plan; public
notification.
(a) An organization performing mosquito control as a
public service shall submit to the Department a written
integrated vector management plan.
(b) This Section does not apply to the Department mosquito
control grantees who are supervised by the Department on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly.
(c) This Section does not apply to any business or person
regulated under the Structural Pest Control Act.
(d) A vector management organization shall establish and
maintain a system of public notification prior to the use of
wide-area chemical pesticides from the public right of way.
(e) A vector management plan shall consist of a plan for
the prevention and biological and nonchemical control of
disease vectors based upon scientific data prescribed by the
Department.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2026.