HB3197 - 104th General Assembly

DEFORESTATION FREE IL ACT
Last Action
4/11/2025 - House: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Deforestation-Free Illinois Act. Provides that neither the State nor any government agency of the State shall purchase, at wholesale or retail, or obtain for any purpose any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that no bid proposal or solicitation, request for bid or proposal, or contract for the construction of any public work, building maintenance, or improvement for or on behalf of the State or any government agency of the State shall require or permit the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that every contract entered into by a State agency that includes the procurement of any product that consists, in whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity shall require the contractor to confirm that the commodity furnished to the State under the contract was not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or forest degradation occurred. Effective immediately.
Actions
Date Chamber Action
2/06/2025 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
2/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
2/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
2/18/2025 House First Reading
2/18/2025 House Referred to Rules Committee
3/11/2025 House Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
3/18/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
3/18/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/19/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
3/20/2025 House Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 006-003-000
3/20/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
3/21/2025 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/26/2025 House Second Reading - Short Debate
3/26/2025 House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/11/2025 House Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee