Bill Text: IL HB4627 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to participate in a safe chemical clearinghouse and to cooperate with the clearinghouse to take specified actions. Directs manufacturers of PFAS or products or product components containing intentionally added PFAS to register the PFAS or the product or product component containing intentionally added PFAS and to provide certain additional information through a data collection interface established cooperatively by the clearinghouse and the Agency. Establishes civil penalties for violations by manufacturers. Authorizes the Agency to adopt rules and enter contracts to implement these provisions. Exempts certain products from these requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4627 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4627-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4627 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 170/45 new
Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to participate in a safe chemical clearinghouse and to cooperate with the clearinghouse to take specified actions. Directs manufacturers of PFAS or products or product components containing intentionally added PFAS to register the PFAS or the product or product component containing intentionally added PFAS and to provide certain additional information through a data collection interface established cooperatively by the clearinghouse and the Agency. Establishes civil penalties for violations by manufacturers. Authorizes the Agency to adopt rules and enter contracts to implement these provisions. Exempts certain products from these requirements.
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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 PFAS Reduction Act is amended by adding
Section 45 as follows:
(415 ILCS 170/45 new)
Sec. 45. Publicly accessible data collection program.
(a) The Agency may participate, along with other states
and governmental entities, in an interstate clearinghouse to
promote safer chemicals in consumer products and may cooperate
with the interstate clearinghouse to:
(1) organize and manage available data on chemicals,
including information on uses, hazards, environmental
concerns, safer alternatives, and model policies and
programs concerning specific chemicals;
(2) provide technical assistance regarding chemical
safety to businesses, consumers, and policymakers;
(3) establish a data collection interface for use in
the manner described in this Section; and
(4) undertake any other activities in support of State
programs to promote chemical safety.
(b) The Agency may enter into any contracts necessary to
implement this Section by January 1, 2026. To the extent

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reasonable and feasible, the data collection interface
established under subsection (a) shall streamline and
facilitate data reporting required by this Section with
similar data reporting required by other states and
jurisdictions.
(c) The Agency may adopt rules necessary to implement this
Section.
(d) The Agency may provide technical assistance to
manufacturers in complying with this Section.
(e) The Agency may use rules adopted under subsection (c)
or technical assistance provided under subsection (d) to
clarify the reporting requirements established under this
Section and to ensure that the data collected are not
duplicative among the reporting entities.
(f) On or before July 1, 2026, and on or before July 1 of
each year thereafter, a manufacturer of PFAS or a product or
product component containing intentionally added PFAS that,
during the prior calendar year, is sold, offered for sale,
distributed, or offered for promotional purposes in, or
imported into, the State shall register the PFAS or the
product or product component containing intentionally added
PFAS on the publicly accessible data collection interface
established under subsection (a), along with all of the
following information, as applicable:
(1) the name and type of product or product component
containing intentionally added PFAS;

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(2) the universal product code of the product or
product component containing intentionally added PFAS;
(3) the purpose or function for which the
intentionally added PFAS are used in the product or
product component;
(4) the identity and a reasonable estimate of the
amount of all PFAS compounds in the product or product
component containing intentionally added PFAS;
(5) the amount of the product or product component or
the number of products or product components sold,
delivered, or imported into the State in the prior
calendar year; and
(6) the name and address of the manufacturer and the
name, address, and phone number of a contact person for
the manufacturer.
When reporting the identity of a PFAS compound under
paragraph (4), the manufacturer shall provide (i) the brand
name of the formulation that contains PFAS and the name of the
manufacturer of the formulation and (ii) the chemical formula
or standardized name of the PFAS compound.
When reporting the amount or weight of a PFAS compound
under paragraph (4), the manufacturer shall provide (i) the
amount or weight of each intentionally added PFAS compound or
(ii) if the amount or weight of each intentionally added PFAS
compound is not known, the total organic fluorine in the
product or product component containing intentionally added

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