103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4831

 

Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Kam Buckner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Small Single-Use Plastic Act. Prohibits hotels from providing small, single-use plastic bottles containing personal care products, except upon request. Provides for a $500 civil penalty after a first written warning. Provides for enforcement by the Attorney General, a State's Attorney, or a municipal attorney. Grants the Attorney General rule-making authority. Preempts home rule. Defines terms.


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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Small
5Single-Use Plastic Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Hotel" has the same meaning ascribed to it in the Hotel
8Operators' Occupation Tax Act.
9    "Personal care products" means a product intended to be
10applied to or used on the human body in the shower, bath, or
11any part thereof and shall include only shampoo, hair
12conditioner, and bath soap.
13    "Small, single-use plastic bottle" means a plastic bottle
14or container with less than a 6-ounce capacity that is
15intended to be nonreusable by the end user
 
16    Section 10. Small, single-use plastic bottles at hotels.
17    (a) Beginning July 1, 2025, a hotel with 50 rooms or more
18shall not provide small, single-use plastic bottles containing
19personal care products in any space within a sleeping room
20accommodation, within bathrooms shared by the public or
21guests, or to a customer of the establishment staying in a
22sleeping room accommodation.

 

 

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1    (b) Beginning January 1, 2026, a hotel shall not provide
2small, single-use plastic bottles containing personal care
3products in any space within a sleeping room accommodation,
4within bathrooms shared by the public or guests, or to a
5customer of the establishment staying in a sleeping room
6accommodation.
7    (c) A hotel may provide personal care products in small,
8single-use plastic bottles to a person at no cost, upon
9request, at a place other than a sleeping room accommodation,
10a space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within
11bathrooms shared by the public or guests.
12    (d) A unit of government, including a Home Rule unit,
13shall not pass an ordinance, resolution, or rule prohibiting a
14hotel from providing small, single use plastic bottles
15containing personal care products to customers. This Act is a
16denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under
17subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
18Constitution.
 
19    Section 15. Civil penalties.
20    (a) A hotel in violation of this Act shall receive a
21written warning for the first violation from the Office of the
22Attorney General, a State's Attorney, or a municipal attorney.
23The written warning shall recite the violation and advise that
24subsequent violations may result in citations and penalties.
25Upon a second or subsequent violation, the hotel may be liable

 

 

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1for a civil penalty of $500 for each violation after an action
2under subsection (b).
3    (b) The Attorney General, a State's Attorney, or municipal
4attorney may bring an action to request a civil penalty and a
5court may impose a civil penalty under this Section against a
6hotel violating this Act.
7    (c) The Attorney General shall adopt rules to implement
8this Section, including rules establishing jurisdictional
9authority over violations between the Attorney General,
10State's Attorneys, and municipal attorneys.