Bill: HB3897 Fracking
Sponsor: Rep. Jakobsson (D-Champaign)
Status: Re-referred to Rules
Position: Oppose
Description: Attempts to copy some chemical disclosure and other select provisions from Wyoming regulations. However, in an attempt to mold it into Illinois’ law and make it acceptable to the industry, it has turned into a very vague, convoluted bill.
Bill: HB4113 Toxic Chemical Safety Act
Sponsor: Rep. Nekritz (D-Des Plaines
Status: Rules Committee
Position: Oppose
Description: Requires the IEPA to publish a list of chemicals of high concern and designate those as priority chemicals. Manufacturers and distributors of children’s products that contain those designated chemicals to provide that information to the IEPA. The Director of the IEPA may then prohibit the sale and distribution of those products containing a propriety chemical.
Bill: HB4986 EPA Recycling
Sponsor: Rep. May (D-Highwood)
Status: Passed House, 3rd Reading
Position: Neutral with amendment
Description: Currently, certain materials used in pollution control devices are exempt from the solid waste tipping fee. Under this legislation, all materials would be made non-exempt. Amended to become a recycling task force bill.
Bill: HB5373 BPA Paper Ban
Sponsor: Rep. May (D-Highwood)
Status: Re-referred to Rules
Position: Oppose
Description: Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, and use of paper containing bisphenol A for the making of business or banking records.
Bill: SB2950 BPA Ban
Sponsor: Sen. Silverstein (D-Chicago)
Status: Passed Senate, House 3rd Reading
Position: Oppose
Description: No manufacturer or wholesaler shall sell or offer children’s food and beverage containers containing bispenol-A
Bill: SB3251 EPA Rulemaking
Sponsor: Sen. Jacobs (D-Moline)
Status: Re-referred to Assignments
Position: Support
Description: In certain rulemakings before the Illinois Pollution Control Board, requires the IEPA to include a statement of reasons that assesses the differences between the Agency’s proposed rule and other state and federal laws and why these added rules are necessary. Chamber initiative.
Bill: SB3280 Fracking
Sponsor: Sen. Frerichs (D-Champaign)
Status: Passed Senate, House Rules
Position: Support
Description: Establishes state-specific industry standards for hydraulic fracturing in the safe development of oil and natural gas.
Bill: SB3282 Expedited Permit Fee Invoices
Sponsor: Sen. Clayborne (D-East St. Louis)
Status: Passed Senate, House Environment & Energy Committee
Position: Support
Description: Requires the IEPA to provide the permit applicant with an invoice that includes the total amount of the expedited fee and the number of hours Agency staff spent on overtime to complete this project. Chamber initiative.
Bill: SB3414 Economic Harm Rulemaking
Sponsor: Rep. Silverstein (D-Chicago)
Status: Passed Senate, House Rules committee
Position: Support
Description: Allows the IEPA to adopt an emergency rulemaking if it finds that a situation exists which reasonably constitutes a threat to the public interest, safety or welfare as well as economic harm. Chamber initiative.
Bill: SB3672 Air Regulation Standards
Sponsor: Sen. Rezin (R-Peru)
Status: Passed Senate, 3rd Reading
Position: Support
Description: Expands existing rulemaking authority that is currently used at the state level to adopt federal land regulations to a very narrow set of air regulations: ambient air quality regulations. When the U.S. EPA adopts certain federal regulations, the IL Pollution Control Board uses a streamlined process to adopt those same standards at the state level. This is a Chamber initiative.
