Bill Text: IL HB4363 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2023, no person or entity may use any product containing dicamba for agricultural, commercial, or residential use within the State. Provides that the amendatory provisions do not apply to the use of dicamba that is purchased before the amendatory Act's effective date. Defines "dicamba". Contains other provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4363 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4363-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4363 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 60/14.1 new
Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2023, no person or entity may use any product containing dicamba for agricultural, commercial, or residential use within the State. Provides that the amendatory provisions do not apply to the use of dicamba that is purchased before the amendatory Act's effective date. Defines "dicamba". Contains other provisions.
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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 Illinois Pesticide Act is amended by adding
Section 14.1 as follows:
(415 ILCS 60/14.1 new)
Sec. 14.1. Dicamba ban.
(a) In this Section, "dicamba" means any product that is
meant to inhibit the growth of weeds or other undesirable
plants using the active ingredient
3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid.
(b) The purpose of this Section is to:
(1) protect farmers and residential property owners
from the economic consequences of the drift of volatile
herbicides, both for those who receive herbicide drift and
those who unwittingly allow herbicide to drift onto
another person's property; and
(2) to defend and protect Illinois' natural
ecosystems.
(c) On and after January 1, 2023, no person or entity may
use any product containing dicamba for agricultural,
commercial, or residential use within the State.
(d) This Section does not apply to the use of dicamba that

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is purchased before the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 102nd General Assembly.