103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2960

 

Introduced 1/31/2024, by Sen. Laura Fine

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, hotels with 50 rooms or more and, beginning January 1, 2026, hotels with less than 50 rooms may not provide small single-use plastic bottles containing personal care products to either (i) a customer of the establishment who is staying in a sleeping room accommodation or any space within the sleeping room accommodation or (ii) a customer of the establishment who is using a bathroom shared by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Defines terms.


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A BILL FOR

 

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

 

 

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1    (b) Beginning January 1, 2026, a hotel with less than 50
2rooms must not provide small single-use plastic bottles
3containing personal care products to either a customer of the
4establishment who is staying in a sleeping room accommodation
5or in any space within the sleeping room accommodation or a
6customer of the establishment who is using a bathroom shared
7by the public or guests.
8    (c) A hotel may provide personal care products in small
9single-use plastic bottles to a person, at no cost, upon
10request, at a place other than a sleeping room accommodation,
11a space within the sleeping room accommodation, or a bathroom
12shared by the public or guests.
13    (d) A unit of local government, including a home rule
14unit, must not pass an ordinance, resolution, or rule
15prohibiting a hotel from providing small single-use plastic
16bottles containing personal care products to customers. This
17Act is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and
18functions under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of
19the Illinois Constitution.
 
20    Section 15. Civil penalties.
21    (a) A hotel that violates this Act is a liable for a
22written warning for a first violation of this Act and is liable
23for a civil penalty of $500 for a second or subsequent
24violation. The Attorney General, a State's Attorney, or a
25municipal attorney may bring an action in circuit court for a

 

 

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1civil penalty under this Section, and a circuit court may
2impose the civil penalty described in this Section, against
3the hotel for a second or subsequent violation of this Act. The
4written warning shall recite the violation and advise that
5subsequent violations may result in citations and penalties.
6    (b) The Attorney General shall adopt rules to implement
7this Section, including rules describing the jurisdictional
8authority of the Attorney General, State's Attorneys, and
9municipal attorneys to bring actions for civil penalties under
10this Section.