Bill Text: IL SB2157 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Deforestation-Free Illinois Act. Provides that neither the State nor any government agency of the State shall purchase, at wholesale or retail, or obtain for any purpose any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that no bid proposal or solicitation, request for bid or proposal, or contract for the construction of any public work, building maintenance, or improvement for or on behalf of the State or any government agency of the State shall require or permit the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that every contract entered into by a State agency that includes the procurement of any product that consists, in whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity shall require the contractor to confirm that the commodity furnished to the State under the contract was not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or forest degradation occurred. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-20 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán [SB2157 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2157-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2157 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Deforestation-Free Illinois Act. Provides that neither the State nor any government agency of the State shall purchase, at wholesale or retail, or obtain for any purpose any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that no bid proposal or solicitation, request for bid or proposal, or contract for the construction of any public work, building maintenance, or improvement for or on behalf of the State or any government agency of the State shall require or permit the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that every contract entered into by a State agency that includes the procurement of any product that consists, in whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity shall require the contractor to confirm that the commodity furnished to the State under the contract was not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or forest degradation occurred. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning finance.
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
Deforestation-Free Illinois Act.
Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly
finds and declares the following:
(1) Studies show that preventing deforestation is
among the most cost-effective climate mitigation
strategies with large global mitigation benefits.
Preventing deforestation is also one of the few large
mitigation options that does not risk trade-offs to
solving other challenges; on the contrary, it provides
co-benefits like enhancing health, clean water, and
sanitation.
(2) Studies also suggest that protecting existing
forests and allowing them to mature could potentially
store 151.7 gigatons of carbon, or about a quarter of
excess emissions since industrialization.
(3) Deforestation and forest degradation generates
between 4.3 and 5.5 GtCO2eq annually. This is between 7%
and 10% of all CO2 equivalent emissions from all sources
globally. Emissions associated with deforestation and

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forest degradation contribute most of the 13% of total
anthropogenic CO2 emissions attributed to agriculture.
(4) Most forest destruction is caused by a few
high-risk commodities we can avoid - cattle products,
cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, paper, and rubber - by
selecting products from supply chains not contributing to
deforestation, forest degradation, and interrelated human
rights abuses.
Article 60. Deforestation-Free Procurement.
Section 60-1. Definitions. As used in this Section:
"Contractor" means any person or entity that has a
contract with a State agency for any of the following:
(1) public works or improvements;
(2) a franchise, concession, or lease of property; or
(3) grant moneys or goods and services or supplies to
be purchased at the expense of the State agency or to be
paid for out of moneys deposited into the State treasury
or out of trust moneys under the control of or collected by
the State agency.
"Deforestation" means direct human-induced conversion of
forest to agriculture, a tree plantation, or other non-forest
land use.
"Forest degradation" means structural changes to forest
cover that result in a change in species composition,

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structure, or ecological function of that forest, as indicated
by factors including impacts to carbon storage and other
ecosystem services, native species abundance and composition,
forest structure, and tree age class distribution. "Forest
degradation" includes converting primary forest or naturally
regenerating forest into plantation forest or into other
wooded land and the conversion of primary forest into planted
forests.
"Forest-risk commodity" means:
(1) any commodity, including any agricultural or
nonagricultural commodity, whether in raw or processed
form, that is commonly extracted from or grown, derived,
harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation
or forest degradation has occurred or is likely to occur;
or
(2) any product derived from a product described in
paragraph (1).
"Forest-risk commodity" includes beef, cocoa, coffee,
leather, logs, lumber, palm oil, paper, soy, rubber, wood
pulp, and any other commodity identified as such by the
Director of Central Management Services by rule. "Forest-risk
commodity" does not include wood pulp or paper made entirely
from recovered fiber. For any wood pulp or paper product made
partially from recovered fiber, the contractor must only
confirm that the components that were not derived from
recovered fibers were not extracted from, grown, derived,

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harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or
forest degradation occurred in accordance with rules as
provided in Section 60-11.
"Free, prior, and informed consent" means an authorization
that embodies the principle that a community has the right to
give or withhold its approval of a proposed development that
may affect the land and waters it legally or customarily owns,
occupies, or otherwise uses, as described in the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention of 1989, and other
international instruments. "Free, prior, and informed consent"
includes informed, noncoercive negotiations between investors,
companies, or governments and Indigenous peoples prior to
project development, and the formalized ability for impacted
Indigenous peoples to say no if projects do not meet their
needs and, where the risk of harm to Indigenous Peoples'
rights is significant, projects should not proceed without the
affected People's consent.
"Illinois State product" means:
(1) a product that is grown, harvested, or produced in
this State; or
(2) a product that is processed inside or outside of
this State comprising over 51%, by weight or volume, raw
materials that are grown, harvested, or produced in this
State.
"Industrial development" means the processes and

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operations involved in the large-scale production of goods,
including, but not limited to, manufacturing, processing,
warehousing, transporting, or repairing. "Industrial
development" also means the creation of facilities and
transportation infrastructure for these activities, such as
power generation, ship building, road development, and waste
storage and treatment.
"Large contractor" means any contractor whose annual
revenue, or that of its parent company, is equal to or greater
than $100,000,000.
"Medium-sized business" means a business that operates in
this State, is independently owned and operated, not dominant
in its field, and employs between 100 and 500 persons.
"Minority-owned business" has the meaning given to that
term in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
"Peat" means a soil that is rich in organic matter
composed of partially decomposed and decaying plant materials,
and comprises 40 centimeters of the top 100 centimeters of the
soil profile.
"Peatlands" means wetlands with a layer of peat.
"Peatlands" includes moors, bogs, mires, peat swamp forests,
and permafrost tundra.
"Point of origin" means the geographic location, as
identified by the smallest administrative unit of land, where
a commodity is grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced.

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"Primary forest" or "pre-industrial forest" means a forest
that has never been disturbed by industrial development or
large-scale harvesting and has developed following natural
disturbances and under natural processes, regardless of its
age. "Primary forest" includes a forest in any geography that
has experienced nonindustrial-scale human impacts, including
traditional or subsistence activities carried out by
Indigenous communities.
"Recovered fiber" means postconsumer fiber such as paper,
paperboard, and fibrous materials from places including retail
stores, office buildings, and homes, after having passed
through its end usage, including used corrugated boxes, old
newspapers, old magazines, mixed waste paper, tabulating
cards, and used cordage, and all paper, paperboard, and
fibrous materials that enter and are collected from municipal
solid waste, and manufacturing wastes such as dry paper and
paperboard waste generated after completion of the papermaking
process, including envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings, and
other paper and paperboard waste resulting from printing,
cutting, forming, and other converting operations, bag, box,
and carton manufacturing wastes, and butt rolls, mill
wrappers, and rejected unused stock, and repulped finished
paper and paperboard from obsolete inventories of paper and
paperboard manufacturers, merchants, wholesalers, dealers,
printers, converters, and others.
"Secondary material" means any material recovered from or

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otherwise destined for the waste stream, including, but not
limited to, post-consumer material, industrial scrap material
and overstock or obsolete inventories from distributors,
wholesalers and other companies. "Secondary material" does not
include those materials and byproducts generated from, and
commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process.
"Small business" has the same meaning given to that term
in Section 45-45 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
"Tropical hardwood" means any and all hardwood,
specifically classified as angiosperm, that grows in any
tropical forest. "Tropical hardwood" includes, but is not
limited to, the following species:
(1) Prunus Africana (African cherry, red stinkwood)
(2) Caryocar Costaricense (garlic tree)
(3) Calophyllum species (bintangor)
(4) Cedrela species (cedar, Spanish cedar, South
American cedar)
(5) Neobalanocarpus Heimii (chengal)
(6) Octomeles Sumatrana (Benuang)
(7) Myroxylon Balsamum (balsamo)
(8) Apuleia Leiocarpa (garapa)
(9) Parastemon Urophyllus (malas)
(10) Spicatus Ridley Hopea species (merawan)
(11) Araucaria Araucana (monkey puzzle, Chilean pine)
(12) Senna Siamea (Siamese cassia)
(13) Pometia Pinnata (taun)

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(14) Millettia Leucantha, Millettia Stuhlmannii,
Millettia Laurentii (sathon, panga panga, wenge)
(15) Bulnesia Arborea, Bulnesia Sarmientoi (verawood,
Argentine lignum vitae)
(16) Tristaniopsis Laurina (water gum)
(17) Terminalia species (limba, afara, ofram, idigbo,
framire, black afara, amarillo, nargusta)
(18) Homalium Foetidum (malas)
(19) Dillenia Papuana (dillenia)
(20) Canarium species (red canarium, grey canarium)
(21) Burkrella Macropoda (rang rang)
(22) Dracontomelon Dao (New Guinea walnut)
(23) Planchonella species (white planchonella, red
planchonella)
(24) Lophopetalum species (perupok)
(25) Cariniana Pyriformis (Colombian mahogany, abarco,
jequitiba)
(26) Mitragyna Ciliata (abura)
(27) Vouacapoua Americana (acapu)
(28) Amburana Cearensis (amburana, cerejeira, cumare)
(29) Lovoa species (African walnut, tigerwood)
(30) Pericopsis Elata (afrormosia)
(31) Peltogyne species (amaranth, purpleheart)
(32) Pterogyne Nitens (amendoim)
(33) Carapa Guianensis, Dicorynia Guianensis, Bagassa
Guianensis, Couratari Guianensis (andiroba, angelique,

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tatajuba, bagasse)
(34) Aningeria species (aningeria, anegre, anigre)
(35) Dipterocarpus species (apitong, keruing)
(36) Centrolobium species (arariba)
(37) Brosimum Utile, Brosimum Alicastrum (baco,
breadnut)
(38) Ochroma Lagopus, Ochroma Pyramidale (balsa)
(39) Berlinia species (berlinia, rose zebrano)
(40) Symphonia Globulifera (boarwood)
(41) Detarium Senegalense (boire)
(42) Caesalpinia Echinata, Paubrasilia Echinata
(Brazilwood, pernambuco)
(43) Bertholletia Excelsa (Brazil nut, mora)
(44) Guibourtia species (bubinga, African rosewood,
kevazingo, amazique)
(45) Toona Calantas (calantas)
(46) Prioria copaifera (cativo)
(47) Ceiba Pentandra (ceiba)
(48) Antiaris africana (chechen, antiaris)
(49) Tabebuia Donnell-Smithii (copal)
(50) Daniellia species (daniellia)
(51) Cordia species (cordia wood, bocote, ziricote,
louro, freijo)
(52) Hymenaea Courbaril (courbaril, West Indian
locust)
(53) Dipteryx Odorata (cumaru, Brazilian teak)

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(54) Piptadeniastrum Africanum (dahoma)
(55) Calycophyllum Candidissimum (dagame, lemonwood)
(56) Afzelia species (doussie)
(57) Diospyros species (ebony, ceylon ebony,
marblewood)
(58) Lophira Alata (ekki, azobe, red ironwood)
(59) Combretodendron Macrocarpum (esia)
(60) Chlorophora Tinctoria, Chlorophora Excelsa
(fustic, iroko, African teak)
(61) Aucoumea Klaineana (gaboon, okoume)
(62) Astronium species (goncalo alves, tigerwood)
(63) Ocotea Rodiei (greenheart)
(64) Enterolobium Cyclocarpum (guanacaste,
elephant-ear tree)
(65) Guarea species (guarea, bosse)
(66) Phoebe Porosa (imbuia, Brazilian walnut)
(67) Handroanthus species (ipe, pau d'arco, lapacho)
(68) Jacaranda Copaia (jacaranda)
(69) Machaerium Villosum (jacaranda pardo)
(70) Dyera Costulata (jelutong)
(71) Dryobalanops species (kapur, keladan)
(72) Koompassia Malaccensis (kempas)
(73) Acacia Koa (koa)
(74) Pterygota Macrocarpa (koto, African pterygota)
(75) Oxandra Lanceolata (lancewood)
(76) Shorea species (lauan, luan, lawaan, meranti,

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seraya, Philippine mahogany, balau)
(77) Nothofagus Pumilio, Nothofagus Obliqua (lenga
beech, roble)
(78) Guaiacum Officinale (roughbark lignum-vitae)
(79) Aniba Rosaeodora, Aniba Duckei (pau rosa)
(80) Nectandra species (louro preto)
(81) Khaya species (African mahogany)
(82) Swietenia species (mahogany, West Indian
mahogany, Honduran mahogany, Cuban mahogany, big-leaf
mahogany)
(83) Tieghemella Heckelii (makora)
(84) Intsia Bijuga, Intsia Palembanica (Borneo teak,
merbau)
(85) Anisoptera species (mersawa, krabak, palosapis)
(86) Distemonanthus Benthamianus (movingui, ayan)
(87) Pterocarpus species (narra, amboyna, Papua New
Guinea rosewood, mukula, kosso, zitan, hongmu, padauk,
vermillion wood)
(88) Palaquium species (nyatoh)
(89) Triplochiton Scleroxylon (African whitewood,
obeche, sambawawa)
(90) Nauclea Diderrichii (opepe)
(91) Balfourodendron Riedelianum (marfim)
(92) Aspidosperma species (peroba rosa)
(93) Paratecoma Peroba (peroba branca)
(94) Gonystylus species (ramin)

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(95) Melanorrhoea Curtisii (rengas, Borneo rosewood)
(96) Hevea Brasiliensis (rubber tree)
(97) Dalbergia species (rosewood, Indian rosewood,
Honduras rosewood, cocobolo, granadillo, pinkwood,
tulipwood, African blackwood)
(98) Entandrophragma cylindricum, Entandrophragma
Candollei, Entandrophragma Utile (sapele, sapelli, kosipo,
omu, utile, sipo)
(99) Acanthopanax Ricinofolius (sen)
(100) Brosimum Aubletti, Piratinera (snakewood,
letterwood, leopardwood)
(101) Juglans species (South American walnut, Peruvian
walnut)
(102) Sterculia Rhinopetalia (sterculia)
(103) Tectona Grandis (teak)
(104) Virola species (virola, cumala)
(105) Pentacme Contorta (white lauan)
(106) Microberlinia species (zebrawood, zingana)
"Tropical forest" means a natural ecosystem within the
tropical regions, approximately bounded geographically by the
tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by
other factors such as prevailing winds, containing native
species composition, structure, and ecological function, with
a tree canopy cover of more than 10% over an area of at least
0.5 hectares. "Tropical forest" includes all of the following:
(i) human-managed tropical forests or partially degraded

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tropical forests that are regenerating; and (ii) tropical
forests identified by multi-objective conservation-based
assessment methodologies, such as High Conservation Value
areas (HCV), as defined by the HCV Resource Network, or High
Carbon Stock Forests, as defined by the High Carbon Stock
Approach, or by another methodology with equivalent or higher
standards that includes primary forests and tropical peatlands
of any depth. "Tropical forest" does not include plantations
of any type.
"Tropical hardwood product" means any product that
contains tropical hardwood, regardless of whether it is sold
at wholesale or retail, including, but not limited to,
plywood, veneer, furniture, cabinets, paneling, siding,
moldings, doors, doorskins, joinery, flooring, or sawnwood.
"Tropical peatland" means tropical wetlands with a layer
of peat. "Tropical peatland" includes moors, bogs, mires, and
peat swamp forests.
"Women-owned business" has the meaning given to that term
in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
and Persons with Disabilities Act.
Section 60-2. Purchase of tropical hardwoods prohibited.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, neither the
State nor any government agency of the State shall purchase,
at wholesale or retail, or obtain for any purpose any tropical
hardwood or tropical hardwood product.

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(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to:
(1) any binding contractual obligations for the
purchase of commodities entered into prior to issuance of
rules as described in Section 60-11; or
(2) any grant, subvention, or contract with an agency
of the United States or instruction of an authorized
representative of any such agency if the inclusion or
application of such provisions violates or is inconsistent
with the terms or conditions of the grant, subvention,
contract, or instruction.
Section 60-3. Use of tropical hardwood or tropical
hardwood products prohibited.
(a) No bid proposal or solicitation, request for bid or
proposal, or contract for the construction of any public work,
building maintenance, or improvement for or on behalf of the
State or any government agency of the State shall require or
permit the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood
product.
(b) Every bid proposal, solicitation, request for bid or
proposal, and contract for the construction of any public
work, building maintenance, or improvement shall contain a
statement that any bid, proposal, or other response to a
solicitation for bid or proposal which proposes or calls for
the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product
in performance of the contract shall be void.

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(c) The use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood
product on lands owned or managed by the State or by any
governmental agency of the State is prohibited.
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the
following:
(1) bid packages advertised and made available to the
public or any competitive and sealed bids received or
entered into prior to issuance of rules as described in
Section 60-11;
(2) any amendment, modification, or renewal of a
contract if the contract was entered into prior to the
issuance of rules as described in Section 60-11, and in
which such application would delay timely completion of a
project or involve an increase in the total moneys to be
paid under that contract; or
(3) any grant, subvention, contract with any agency of
the United States or instruction of an authorized
representative of any such agency if the contracting
officer finds that the inclusion or application of such
provisions violates or is inconsistent with the terms or
conditions of a grant, subvention, contract, or
instruction.
Section 60-4. Forest-risk commodity procurement.
(a) Every contract entered into by a State agency that
includes the procurement of any product that consists, in

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whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity shall require the
contractor to confirm that the commodity furnished to the
State under the contract was not extracted from, grown,
derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where
deforestation or forest degradation occurred on or after the
date of issuance of the rules adopted under Section 60-11. The
contractor shall agree to comply with this provision of the
contract.
(b) This Section does not apply to any grant, subvention,
or contract with an agency of the United States or instruction
of an authorized representative of any such agency if the
inclusion or application of such provisions violates or is
inconsistent with the terms or conditions of the grant,
subvention, contractor, or instruction.
Section 60-5. Compliance.
(a) Every contract shall specify that the contractor is
required to cooperate fully in providing access to the
contractor's records, documents, agents, employees, or
premises if required by authorized officials of the
contracting State agency, Central Management Services, or the
Office of the Attorney General to determine the contractor's
compliance with the requirements under Section 60-4.
(b) Contractors shall exercise due diligence in ensuring
that their subcontractors comply with Section 60-4.
Contractors shall require each subcontractor to certify in

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writing that the subcontractor complies with Section 60-4.
Section 60-6. Required forest policies. In addition to the
requirements of Sections 60-4 and 60-5, large contractors
subject to Section 60-4 must confirm that they have adopted a
forest policy that complies with the rules issued under
paragraph (f) of Section 60-11. The adoption of a forest
policy by a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier is not
required for compliance with this Section if that entity is
not a large contractor, but the adoption of such a policy may
be used to demonstrate the entity's compliance with Section
60-6. Such a forest policy and all corresponding data shall be
made publicly available and shall contain, at a minimum, all
of the following:
(1) due diligence measures on the point of origin of
forest-risk commodities that ensure compliance with the
policy where supply chain risks are present;
(2) data detailing the complete list of direct and
indirect suppliers and supply chain traceability
information, including refineries, processing plants,
farms, and plantations, and their respective owners,
parent companies, and farmers, maps, and geolocations, for
each forest-risk commodity found in products that may be
furnished to the State;
(3) measures to be taken to ensure that the product
does not contribute to deforestation or forest

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degradation, including measures to ensure:
(A) no industrial development or logging in
primary forests;
(B) no origination from a site where commodity
production has replaced primary forests in accordance
with this Act;
(C) no industrial development of high carbon stock
forests;
(D) no industrial development of high conservation
value areas;
(E) no industrial development on forests deemed
critical habitat for threatened or endangered species;
(F) no burning for the purposes of clearing land
for agriculture and cultivation of land for non-wood
products regulated by this Act;
(G) progressive reductions of greenhouse gas
emissions on existing plantations;
(H) no development of peat, regardless of depth;
(I) best management practices for existing
plantations on peat; and
(J) where feasible, activities are oriented toward
peat restoration; and
(4) measures taken to prevent exploitation and redress
grievances of Indigenous peoples, workers and local
communities, including measures to ensure:
(A) respect for and recognition of the rights of

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all workers including contract, temporary, and migrant
workers;
(B) respect for and recognition of land tenure of
rights of communities;
(C) respect for the rights of Indigenous peoples
to give or withhold their free, prior, and informed
consent to operations on lands to which they hold
legal, communal, or customary rights;
(D) explicit policies and processes to prevent
violence, intimidation, and coercion of workers and
local communities; and
(E) formal, open, transparent, and consultative
processes to address all complaints and conflicts;
(5) measures to be taken to protect biodiversity and
prevent the poaching of endangered species in all
operations and adjacent areas;
(6) measures to be taken to ensure compliance with the
laws of countries where forest-risk commodities in a
company's supply chain were produced; and
(7) measures to deter violence, threats, and
harassment against environmental human rights defenders,
including respecting internationally recognized human
rights standards, and educating employees, contractors,
and partners on the rights of EHRDs to express their
views, conduct peaceful protests, and criticize practices
without intimidation or retaliation.

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Section 60-7. Stakeholder advisory group. The Director of
Central Management Services shall convene a stakeholder
advisory group, which shall be consulted on the creation of
rules for the implementation of this Act. Members of the
advisory group shall be selected by the Director of Central
Management Services and shall consist of at least:
(1) representatives of current or former contractors
dealing in each of the forest-risk commodities, with an
emphasis on small and medium-sized businesses;
(2) representatives from civil society with relevant
expertise in supply chain traceability, forest
sustainability, biodiversity, forest carbon dynamics,
natural history, climate science, human and labor rights,
and indigenous rights; members selected under this
paragraph should be of at least equal number to members
selected under paragraph (1); and
(3) a minimum of 2 additional representatives from
indigenous communities residing within forests covered by
this Act.
The advisory group shall meet virtually. Membership in the
group shall be voluntary, and, therefore, members shall
receive no salary or compensation for participation.
Section 60-8. Violations and sanctions.
(a) If it is determined that any contractor contracting

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with the State knew or should have known that a product that
consists, in whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity was
furnished to the State in violation of Sections 60-4, 60-5, or
60-6, the contracting State agency shall issue a written
notice of violation and provide an opportunity for the
contractor to come into compliance with the Act. If, after
such notice, a contractor fails to come into compliance with a
timeframe established by the Department of Central Management
Services after consultation with the advisory group, the
contractor may have either one or both of the following
sanctions imposed:
(1) the contract under which the prohibited
forest-risk commodity was furnished may be voided at the
option of the State agency to which the commodity was
furnished; or
(2) the contractor may be assessed a penalty that
shall be the greater of $1,000 or an amount equaling 20% of
the value of the product that the State agency
demonstrates was comprised, in whole or in part, of a
forest-risk commodity and furnished to the State in
violation of Sections 60-4, 60-5, or 60-6.
A hearing or opportunity to be heard shall be provided
prior to the assessment of any penalty.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a contractor that
complies with Section 60-5 shall not be subject to sanctions
for violations if the contractor had no knowledge of the

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requirements of Sections 60-4, 60-5, and 60-6, and if the
violations were committed solely by a subcontractor. Under
this subsection (b), sanctions described under subsection (a)
shall instead be imposed against the subcontractor that
committed the violation.
Section 60-9. Investigation of violations.
(a) Any State agency that investigates a complaint against
a contractor or subcontractor for violation of this Act may
limit its investigation to evaluating the information provided
by the person or entity submitting the complaint and the
information provided by the contractor or subcontractor.
(b) Whenever a contracting officer of the contracting
State agency has reason to believe that the contractor failed
to comply with Sections 60-4, 60-5, or 60-6, the State Agency
shall refer the matter for investigation to the head of the
State agency and, as the head of the State agency determines
appropriate, to the Office of the Attorney General, in
consultation with the stakeholder advisory group established
under Section 60-7.
Section 60-10. Preference for Illinois State products.
(a) When a State's agency's contract for the purchase of a
commodity or product covered by this Act is to be awarded to
the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder
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business, women-owned business, or who will fulfill the
contract through the use of Illinois State products may be
given preference over other bidders, as long as (i) the
product does not contribute to deforestation or forest
degradation and (ii) the cost included in the bid is not more
than 10% greater than the cost included in a bid that is not
from a small business, medium-sized business, minority-owned
business, women-owned business, or fulfilled through the use
of Illinois State products.
(b) This Section shall not apply if the head of the
contracting State agency purchasing the products determines
that giving preference to bidders under this Section:
(1) would be against the public interest;
(2) would increase the cost of the contract by an
unreasonable amount; or
(3) would be impracticable because Illinois State
products cannot be obtained in sufficient and reasonable
available quantities and of satisfactory quality to meet
the contracting State agency's requirements.
(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to conflict
with or otherwise limit the goals and requirements set forth
by Article 45 of the Illinois Procurement Code and the
Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act.
Section 60-11. Rules.

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(a) The Department of Central Management Services shall
facilitate a rule-making process outlined below and issue
rules for the implementation of this Act to be completed on or
before July 1, 2026. The rules shall be developed in
consultation with the stakeholder advisory group established
under Section 60-7. The rules shall include, but shall not be
limited to, all of the following:
(1) Rules establishing a list of forest-risk
commodities that are subject to the requirements of this
Act, including, but not limited to, beef, cocoa, coffee,
leather, palm oil, rubber, soy, and wood and paper
products, referring to any product derived from wood,
including lumber, pulp, paper, fuel wood, particle board,
and cardboard; the list shall be reviewed and updated at
least every 4 years by the Department of Central
Management Services in consultation with the stakeholder
advisory group established under 60-7. When evaluating
inclusion of additional commodities in the list, the
Director of Central Management Services and the
stakeholder advisory group shall consider the impact of
the commodity as a driver of deforestation or forest
degradation, the state of existing supply chain
transparency and traceability systems for the commodity
across all the regions from which it is sourced, and the
feasibility of including the commodity in the requirements
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July 1, 2026, shall include, but not be limited to, the
additional evaluation of bananas; corn; mining products,
including bauxite, coal, copper, diamonds, gold, iron,
manganese, nickel, petroleum, and tin; and other
cattle-derived products. Following review of the list of
forest-risk commodities, the Director of Central
Management Services shall issue a report to the Governor
and the General Assembly outlining the reasons for the
inclusion or non-inclusion of any reviewed commodities.
(2) Rules establishing a list of products derived, in
whole or in part, from forest-risk commodities.
(3) Rules establishing a list of products furnished to
the State or used by State contractors in high-volume
purchases that contain or are comprised in whole or in
part of forest-risk commodities.
(4) Rules establishing a set of responsible sourcing
guidelines and policies derived from best practices in
supply chain transparency to the point-of-origin.
(5) Rules establishing guidance to assist contractors
in identifying forest-risk commodities in their supply
chain, performing necessary due diligence to meet the
requirements of this Act, and certifying that the
commodity did not contribute to deforestation or forest
degradation.
(6) Rules establishing the full set of requirements
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(7) Rules establishing the process through which
contractors shall certify to the Department of Central
Management Services that they are in compliance with
Sections 60-4, 60-5, and 60-6.
(8) Rules establishing a process to ensure that
details of certified contracts are made available for
public inspection of the website of the Department of
Central Management Services.
(9) Rules establishing an easily accessible system
through which members of the public may make complaints
and submit information regarding violations of this Act.
(10) Rules establishing an information-sharing system
between State Agencies purchasing products subject to the
regulations under this Act and the Department of Central
Management Services regarding contracts involving
purchases of hardwoods and forest-risk commodities after
the effective date of this Act.
(11) Rules establishing any information-sharing
systems with external partners implementing regulations
comparable to this Act.
(b) The Director of Central Management Services may
establish a voluntary certification process for current or
aspiring contractors to be recognized as supplying
deforestation-free products as a part of the rulemaking
process if the Director of Central Management Services, in
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under Section 60-7, deems it would be advantageous to the
ongoing implementation of this Act. If the Director of Central
Management Services, in consultation with the stakeholder
advisory group established under Section 60-7, deems it would
be advantageous to establish a voluntary certification process
for current or aspiring contractors to be recognized as
supplying deforestation-free products, certification shall
include the following purchase restrictions:
(1) that the certification requirements set forth in
this Act shall not apply to a purchase of goods of $2,500
or less; and
(2) that the total amount of goods exempted under
paragraph (1) shall not exceed $7,500 per year for each
contractor from which a State agency is purchasing goods.
It shall be the responsibility of each State agency to
monitor the use of this exemption and adhere to these
restrictions on these purchases.
Section 60-12. Assessment.
(a) At any time after issuance of rules as described in
Section 60-11, but no less frequently than every 6 months
thereafter, the Director of Central Management Services shall
submit to the General Assembly the details of all contracts
certified under this Act. The Director of Central Management
Services shall assess the compliance of all or a
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of this Act. Following such assessment, and subject to the
approval by a majority of members, the General Assembly may:
(1) make recommendations to the Director of Central
Management Services regarding changes to the rules
implementing this Act; or
(2) make recommendations to the Director of Central
Management Services, the Office of the Attorney General,
the Office of the State Comptroller, or a contracting
State agency regarding deficiencies in contract
certifications, violations of this Act, or enforcement
actions.
(b) All work products produced under Section 60-4 shall be
made available to the public on the website of the Department
of Central Management Services.
Section 60-13. The supply chain transparency assistance
program.
(a) As used in this Section, "eligible business" means a
small business, medium-sized business, minority-owned
business, or woman-owned business seeking to comply with the
requirements of this Act.
(b) In partnership with the Department of Central
Management Services, the stakeholder advisory group
established under Section 60-7 of this Act is hereby
authorized and directed, within one year after the effective
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available appropriations, a supply chain transparency
assistance program to assist small businesses, medium-sized
businesses, and minority-owned and women-owned businesses in
achieving supply chains that comply with the requirements of
this Act.
(c) The purpose of the program developed under this
Section is to compile and share resources that:
(1) help participating eligible businesses with
compliance with supply chain related regulations,
procurement standards, or contracting requirements
established under this Act; and
(2) identify funding streams, grant moneys, financial
assistance and other resources that may be available to
help participating eligible businesses achieve
transparent, traceable, ethical, and sustainable supply
chains as it pertains to this Act.
(d) The Department of Central Management Services is
responsible for publishing the resources compiled by the
stakeholder advisory group and facilitating communications
between eligible businesses and the stakeholder advisory
group.
Section 60-14. Report. Beginning 2 years after the
effective date of this Act and biennially thereafter, the
Director of Central Management Services shall issue a report
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General Assembly on the implementation of this Act.
Section 60-15. Applicability.
(a) This Act shall apply to all contracts entered into,
extended, or renewed on or after issuance of rules as
described in Section 60-11.
(b) If the Governor or the Director of the Department of
Public Health has issued a disaster declaration because of a
disaster as defined in Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency
Management Act and compliance with all the terms of this Act
would be impracticable because critical commodities cannot be
obtained in sufficient and reasonable available quantities and
of satisfactory quality to meet the contracting State agency's
requirements, then the comprehensive requirements of this Act
shall be suspended for a period of 60 days beginning the day
the disaster declaration, in accordance with which critical
commodities regulated by this Act cannot be obtained in
sufficient and reasonable available quantities and of
satisfactory quality to meet the contracting State agency's
requirements.
(b) Ongoing suspension of the comprehensive requirements
of this Act for terms beyond the initial 60 days must be
formally renewed by the Department of Central Management
Services and
(1) must be dependent upon the existence of an ongoing
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Illinois Emergency Management Act, and
(2) a reality where compliance with all of the terms
of this Act would be impracticable because critical
commodities cannot be obtained in sufficient and
reasonable available quantities and of satisfactory
quality to meet the contracting State agency's
requirements.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.