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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Small |
| 5 | | Single-Use Plastic Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
| 7 | | "Hotel" has the meaning given in the Hotel Operators' |
| 8 | | Occupation Tax Act. |
| 9 | | "Personal care products" includes shampoo, hair |
| 10 | | conditioner, and bath soap intended to be applied to or used on |
| 11 | | the human body in the shower or bath. |
| 12 | | "Small, single-use plastic bottle" means a plastic bottle |
| 13 | | or container with less than a 6-ounce capacity that is |
| 14 | | intended to be nonreusable by the end user.
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| 15 | | Section 10. Small, single-use plastic bottles at hotels. |
| 16 | | (a) Beginning July 1, 2025, a hotel with 50 rooms or more |
| 17 | | shall not provide small, single-use plastic bottles containing |
| 18 | | personal care products in any space within a sleeping room |
| 19 | | accommodation, within bathrooms shared by the public or |
| 20 | | guests, or to a customer of the establishment staying in a |
| 21 | | sleeping room accommodation. |
| 22 | | (b) Beginning January 1, 2026, a hotel shall not provide |
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| 1 | | small, single-use plastic bottles containing personal care |
| 2 | | products in any space within a sleeping room accommodation, |
| 3 | | within bathrooms shared by the public or guests, or to a |
| 4 | | customer of the establishment staying in a sleeping room |
| 5 | | accommodation. |
| 6 | | (c) A hotel may provide personal care products in small, |
| 7 | | single-use plastic bottles to a person at no cost, upon |
| 8 | | request, at a place other than a sleeping room accommodation, |
| 9 | | a space within the sleeping room accommodation, or a space |
| 10 | | within bathrooms shared by the public or guests. |
| 11 | | (d) A unit of local government, including a home rule |
| 12 | | unit, shall not regulate the provision of small, single-use |
| 13 | | plastic bottles in a manner inconsistent with the regulation |
| 14 | | by the State of the provision of small, single-use plastic |
| 15 | | bottles under this Act. This Section is a limitation under |
| 16 | | subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois |
| 17 | | Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of |
| 18 | | powers and functions exercised by the State.
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| 19 | | Section 15. Penalties. A hotel in violation of this Act |
| 20 | | shall receive a written warning from the local unit of |
| 21 | | government in which the hotel is located for the first |
| 22 | | violation. The written warning shall recite the violation and |
| 23 | | advise that subsequent violations may result in citations and |
| 24 | | penalties. A hotel that commits a second or subsequent |
| 25 | | violation is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined |