Full Text of HB5885 98th General Assembly
HB5885 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5885 Introduced , by Rep. Martin J. Moylan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Formaldehyde Banned in Children's Products Act. Provides that no manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer may sell or offer for
sale in this State a children's product that intentionally contains (1) formaldehyde, including formaldehyde contained in a solution, or (2) ingredients that chemically degrade under normal conditions of temperature and
pressure to release formaldehyde. Provides that a manufacturer shall not replace a chemical whose use is prohibited by the Act with a chemical known to the manufacturer to have been identified on the basis
of credible scientific evidence by a state, federal, or international agency as being known
or suspected with a high degree of probability to cause certain harm.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Formaldehyde Banned in Children's Products Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 | | "Child" means a person under 8 years of age. | 8 | | "Children's product" means a product primarily | 9 | | designed or intended by a
manufacturer to be physically | 10 | | applied to or introduced into a child's body, including any
| 11 | | article used as a component of such a product and excluding | 12 | | a food, beverage, dietary
supplement, pharmaceutical or | 13 | | biological product, a children's toy that is covered by the
| 14 | | ASTM International F963 standard for Toy Safety, or a | 15 | | medical device as defined in
the federal Food, Drug, and | 16 | | Cosmetic Act, United States Code, Title 21, Section 321(h),
| 17 | | as amended through February 15, 2013. | 18 | | Section 10. Formaldehyde in children's products; ban. No | 19 | | manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer may sell or offer for
| 20 | | sale in this State a children's product that intentionally | 21 | | contains:
| 22 | | (1) formaldehyde, including formaldehyde contained in |
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| 1 | | a solution; or | 2 | | (2) ingredients that chemically degrade under normal | 3 | | conditions of temperature and
pressure to release | 4 | | formaldehyde.
| 5 | | Section 15. Formaldehyde replacement chemicals. | 6 | | (a) A manufacturer shall not replace a chemical whose use | 7 | | is prohibited in Section
10 of this Act with a chemical known | 8 | | to the manufacturer to have been identified on the basis
of | 9 | | credible scientific evidence by a state, federal, or | 10 | | international agency as being known
or suspected with a high | 11 | | degree of probability to: | 12 | | (1) harm the normal development of a fetus or child or | 13 | | cause other developmental
toxicity; | 14 | | (2) cause cancer, genetic damage, or reproductive | 15 | | harm; | 16 | | (3) disrupt the endocrine or hormone system; or | 17 | | (4) damage the nervous system, immune system, or organs | 18 | | or cause other systemic
toxicity. | 19 | | (b) For the purposes of this Section, "international | 20 | | agency" does not include an agency
affiliated with a country on | 21 | | the U.S. Department of State list of state sponsors of | 22 | | terrorism
or the U.S. Department of Treasury list of countries | 23 | | with trade restrictions or sanctions.
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