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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4272 Introduced 1/14/2026, by Rep. Michael Crawford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that no person shall sell, attempt to sell, or offer to sell to a consumer in the State a non-externally vented natural gas appliance that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2027 unless a label on the gas appliance bears a specified warning message. Provides that the Attorney General may adopt rules setting forth additional requirements for the placement and formatting of the label. Provides that a person who violates the provision commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. |
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| | HB4272 | | LRB104 17273 SPS 30695 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning business.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
| 5 | | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MMMM as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2MMMM. Gas appliance labeling. |
| 8 | | (a) No person shall sell, attempt to sell, or offer to sell |
| 9 | | to a consumer in this State a non-externally vented natural |
| 10 | | gas appliance that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2027 |
| 11 | | unless a label on the gas appliance bears the message: |
| 12 | | WARNING: Gas appliances can release nitrogen dioxide |
| 13 | | and carbon monoxide inside homes at levels exceeding the |
| 14 | | Environmental Protection Agency's standards for outdoor |
| 15 | | air quality. The presence of these pollutants may |
| 16 | | exacerbate pre-existing respiratory illnesses or lead to |
| 17 | | the development of asthma, especially in children. Gas |
| 18 | | appliances should never be used without a ducted vent hood |
| 19 | | to reduce exposure to these emissions. |
| 20 | | (b) The label required under subsection (a) shall be |
| 21 | | attached to the gas appliance in a conspicuous location. The |
| 22 | | label must be in a type size no smaller than the largest type |
| 23 | | size used for other consumer information on the product. |
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| 1 | | (c) The Attorney General may adopt rules setting forth |
| 2 | | additional requirements for the placement and formatting of |
| 3 | | the label required under subsection (a). |
| 4 | | (d) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful |
| 5 | | practice within the meaning of this Act. |
