SB1927 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1927

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Laura Ellman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 5/22.63 new

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency may establish a take-back program for local fire departments that use and store older firefighting foam made with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding Section 22.63 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/22.63 new)

Sec. 22.63. PFAS take-back program. The Agency may establish a take-back program for local fire departments that use and store older firefighting foam made with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.