Bill Text: IL SB0132 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Plastic Bottle Cap Reduction Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2029, a manufacturer may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the State a single-use plastic beverage container with a plastic beverage cap unless the plastic beverage cap is composed of a plastic resin with the same resin identification code as the single-use plastic beverage container and the cap either (1) is tethered to the container in a manner that prevents the separation of the cap from the container when the cap is removed or (2) includes an opening from which the beverage can be consumed while the cap remains screwed onto or otherwise affixed to the container. Provides that a manufacturer that produces single-use plastic beverage containers shall provide to the Environmental Protection Agency upon request all information necessary for the Agency to determine the manufacturer's compliance with the Act. Provides for an entity with a legally recognized corporate relationship to a manufacturer to assume the manufacturer's responsibilities under the Act. Provides that the requirements of the Act do not apply to a manufacturer of beer, wine, or spirits that annually produces 50,000 gallons or less of any one or more of those products or to a manufacturer of beverages other than beer, wine, or spirits that annually produces 250,000 or fewer single-use plastic beverage containers containing its product. Provides that any person who violates any provision of the Act shall be liable for a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation per day. Authorizes the Attorney General or State's Attorney to prosecute violations of the Act. Defines terms.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-01-22 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Laura M. Murphy [SB0132 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0132-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0132 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Plastic Bottle Cap Reduction Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2029, a manufacturer may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the State a single-use plastic beverage container with a plastic beverage cap unless the plastic beverage cap is composed of a plastic resin with the same resin identification code as the single-use plastic beverage container and the cap either (1) is tethered to the container in a manner that prevents the separation of the cap from the container when the cap is removed or (2) includes an opening from which the beverage can be consumed while the cap remains screwed onto or otherwise affixed to the container. Provides that a manufacturer that produces single-use plastic beverage containers shall provide to the Environmental Protection Agency upon request all information necessary for the Agency to determine the manufacturer's compliance with the Act. Provides for an entity with a legally recognized corporate relationship to a manufacturer to assume the manufacturer's responsibilities under the Act. Provides that the requirements of the Act do not apply to a manufacturer of beer, wine, or spirits that annually produces 50,000 gallons or less of any one or more of those products or to a manufacturer of beverages other than beer, wine, or spirits that annually produces 250,000 or fewer single-use plastic beverage containers containing its product. Provides that any person who violates any provision of the Act shall be liable for a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation per day. Authorizes the Attorney General or State's Attorney to prosecute violations of the Act. Defines terms.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Plastic Bottle Cap Reduction Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context requires otherwise:
"Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Beverage" means any of the following products that are in
liquid, ready-to-drink form, are in plastic beverage
containers of 16 ounces or less, and are intended for human
consumption: beer and malt beverages; wine, wine coolers, or
distilled spirits coolers; carbonated and noncarbonated water;
soda; carbonated and noncarbonated soft drinks and fruit
drinks; coffee and tea drinks; and vegetable juice.
"Manufacturer" means a person, partnership, association,
corporation, or other entity that, through its own action or
through contract or control of another entity, is primarily
responsible for the production of a beverage held in a
single-use plastic beverage container and sold, offered for
sale, or distributed for sale in the State.
"Plastic" means a synthetic material made from fossil fuel
or organic-based polymers that can be molded or blown into

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specific shapes. "Plastic" includes polyethylene, polystyrene,
polypropylene, and polycarbonate.
"Plastic beverage cap" means a cap that is composed wholly
or primarily of plastic and that is screwed onto or otherwise
affixed to a single-use plastic beverage container. "Plastic
beverage cap" does not include a cap that is composed wholly or
primarily of a nonplastic material but also contains a plastic
seal.
"Single-use plastic beverage container" means an
individual bottle, can, jar, carton, or other container that:
(1) is composed wholly or primarily of plastic;
(2) contains one liter or less of a beverage; and
(3) is intended to be disposed of after one use.
"Single-use plastic beverage container" does not include a
bottle, jar, carton, or container that is composed wholly or
primarily of nonplastic materials but also contains a plastic
beverage cap; a cup or other similar open or loosely sealed
container; or a container that is intended by the producer to
be reused for the same purpose multiple times.
Section 10. Plastic beverage caps. Beginning January 1,
2029, a manufacturer may not sell, offer for sale, or
distribute for sale in the State a single-use plastic beverage
container with a plastic beverage cap unless the plastic
beverage cap is composed of a plastic resin with the same resin
identification code as the single-use plastic beverage

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container as determined in accordance with the Standard
Practice for Coding Plastic Manufactured Articles for Resin
Identification of the American Society for Testing and
Materials, ASTM D7611, and:
(1) the plastic beverage cap is tethered to the single-use
plastic beverage container in a manner that prevents the
separation of the plastic beverage cap from the single-use
plastic beverage container when the plastic beverage cap is
removed; or
(2) the plastic beverage cap includes an opening from
which the beverage can be consumed while the plastic beverage
cap remains screwed onto or otherwise affixed to the
single-use plastic beverage container.
Section 15. Manufacturer compliance.
(a) A manufacturer that produces single-use plastic
beverage containers shall provide to the Agency upon request
all information necessary for the Agency to determine the
manufacturer's compliance with the requirements of this Act.
(b) In determining whether an entity meets the definition
of "manufacturer" under Section 5, the Agency shall consider,
without limitation, the following factors:
(1) the ownership of the brand name of the beverage
contained in the single-use plastic beverage container;
(2) the primary control or influence over the design
of the beverage contained in the single-use plastic

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beverage container; and
(3) the primary control or influence over the design
of the single-use plastic beverage container in which the
beverage is contained.
(c) An entity with a legally recognized corporate
relationship to a manufacturer that is subject to the
requirements of this Section may, on behalf of that
manufacturer and following notification to the Agency, assume
the manufacturer's responsibilities under this Act.
(d) The requirements of this Act do not apply to a
manufacturer of beer, wine, or spirits that annually produces
50,000 gallons or less of any one or more of those products or
to a manufacturer of beverages other than beer, wine, or
spirits that annually produces 250,000 or fewer single-use
plastic beverage containers containing its product.
Section 20. Enforcement and penalties.
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this Act
shall be liable for a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation per
day.
(b) The Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the
county where the violation occurs may enforce this Act by
bringing an action for civil penalties for violation of this
Act, for equitable relief to prevent violation of this Act, or
for a combination of civil penalties and equitable relief
under this Act.