102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4363

 

Introduced 1/5/2022, 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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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pesticide Act is amended by adding
5Section 14.1 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 60/14.1 new)
7    Sec. 14.1. Dicamba ban.
8    (a) In this Section, "dicamba" means any product that is
9meant to inhibit the growth of weeds or other undesirable
10plants using the active ingredient
113,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid.
12    (b) The purpose of this Section is to:
13        (1) protect farmers and residential property owners
14    from the economic consequences of the drift of volatile
15    herbicides, both for those who receive herbicide drift and
16    those who unwittingly allow herbicide to drift onto
17    another person's property; and
18        (2) to defend and protect Illinois' natural
19    ecosystems.
20    (c) On and after January 1, 2023, no person or entity may
21use any product containing dicamba for agricultural,
22commercial, or residential use within the State.
23    (d) This Section does not apply to the use of dicamba that

 

 

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1is purchased before the effective date of this amendatory Act
2of the 102nd General Assembly.