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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 Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Hotel" has the meaning given in the Hotel Operators'
8Occupation Tax Act.
9    "Personal care products" includes shampoo, hair
10conditioner, and bath soap intended to be applied to or used on
11the human body in the shower or bath.
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
17shall not provide small, single-use plastic bottles containing
18personal care products in any space within a sleeping room
19accommodation, within bathrooms shared by the public or
20guests, or to a customer of the establishment staying in a
21sleeping room accommodation.
22    (b) Beginning January 1, 2026, a hotel shall not provide

 

 

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1small, single-use plastic bottles containing personal care
2products in any space within a sleeping room accommodation,
3within bathrooms shared by the public or guests, or to a
4customer of the establishment staying in a sleeping room
5accommodation.
6    (c) A hotel may provide personal care products in small,
7single-use plastic bottles to a person at no cost, upon
8request, at a place other than a sleeping room accommodation,
9a space within the sleeping room accommodation, or a space
10within bathrooms shared by the public or guests.
11    (d) A unit of local government, including a home rule
12unit, shall not regulate the provision of small, single-use
13plastic bottles in a manner inconsistent with the regulation
14by the State of the provision of small, single-use plastic
15bottles under this Act. This Section is a limitation under
16subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
17Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
18powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
19    Section 15. Civil penalties.
20    (a) A hotel in violation of this Act shall receive a
21written warning for the first violation from a State's
22Attorney or a municipal attorney. The written warning shall
23recite the violation and advise that subsequent violations may
24result in citations and penalties. Upon a second or subsequent
25violation, the hotel may be liable for a civil penalty of $500

 

 

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1for each violation after an action under subsection (b).
2    (b) A State's Attorney or municipal attorney may bring an
3action in circuit court to request a civil penalty, and a
4circuit court may impose a civil penalty under this Section
5against a hotel violating this Act.