Full Text of HJR0025 95th General Assembly
HJ0025 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| Whereas, Each year, some adults intentionally ingest | 3 |
| antifreeze to commit suicide and children are accidentally | 4 |
| exposed to antifreeze that is left unattended or in open | 5 |
| containers; and
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| Whereas, Pets and other animals can die from mistakenly | 7 |
| ingesting antifreeze that has leaked, spilled, or is carelessly | 8 |
| left in improperly secured containers in the garage or | 9 |
| driveway; and
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| Whereas, The National Safety Council, the American Medical | 11 |
| Association, and the American Association of Poison Control | 12 |
| Centers have noted that the addition of a nontoxic bittering | 13 |
| agent can make antifreeze so unpalatable that adults, children, | 14 |
| and animals will reject such products upon tasting them, | 15 |
| preventing injury or death; and
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| Whereas, Legislation has been introduced in the United | 17 |
| States Congress to require the inclusion of denatonium benzoate | 18 |
| at a minimum of 30 parts per million as a bittering agent to | 19 |
| any engine coolant or antifreeze that contains more than 10% | 20 |
| ethylene glycol; and
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| Whereas, The Doris Day Animal League, the Humane Society of |
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| the United States, the American Veterinary Medical | 2 |
| Association, the Society for Animal Protective Legislation, | 3 |
| the Pet Food Institute, the United States Conference of Mayors, | 4 |
| the Consumer Specialty Products Association, and the retail | 5 |
| antifreeze industry have endorsed this legislation with the | 6 |
| goal of protecting consumers and animals; and
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| Whereas, The State of Illinois supports protecting the | 8 |
| health and safety of adults, children, and animals through the | 9 |
| inclusion of a bittering agent in ethylene glycol-based | 10 |
| antifreeze; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 13 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the United States | 14 |
| Congress to help protect adults, children, and animals by | 15 |
| enacting legislation to require denatonium benzoate be added to | 16 |
| antifreeze that contains ethylene glycol; and be it further
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| Resolved, That we urge the Illinois congressional | 18 |
| delegation to help protect adults, children, and animals by | 19 |
| supporting the passage of this legislation; and be it further
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| Resolved, That the Illinois General Assembly urges the | 21 |
| President of the United States to advance this legislation this | 22 |
| year to help protect adults, children, and animals; and be it |
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| Resolved, That copies of this resolution be presented to | 3 |
| the President of the United States and each member of the | 4 |
| Illinois Congressional delegation.
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