(415 ILCS 5/21.8)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 21.8. Fluorescent lamp bans.
    (a) The General Assembly finds that:
        (1) Mercury is a persistent and toxic pollutant that
    
bioaccumulates in the environment and poses a serious threat to humans, particularly young children, and wildlife.
        (2) Human exposure to mercury can result in nervous
    
system, kidney, and liver damage and impaired childhood development.
        (3) Removal of mercury and mercury-containing
    
products from the waste stream prior to combustion or disposal is an effective way to reduce mercury pollution.
        (4) All fluorescent lamps contain mercury and can
    
create an immediate public health and environmental hazard when they accidentally break during installation, use, transportation, storage, recycling, or disposal.
        (5) Light-emitting diode (LED) replacements for
    
fluorescent lamps do not contain any mercury.
    (b) In this Section:
    "Compact fluorescent lamp" means a compact low-pressure, mercury-containing, electric-discharge light source in which a fluorescent coating transforms some of the ultraviolet energy generated by the mercury discharge into visible light, and includes all of the following characteristics:
        (1) One base (end cap) of any type, including, but
    
not limited to, screw, bayonet, 2 pins, and 4 pins.
        (2) Integrally ballasted or non-integrally ballasted.
        (3) Light emission between a correlated color
    
temperature of 1700K and 24000K and a Delta u, v of +0.024 and -0.024 in the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) Uniform Color Space (CAM02-UCS).
        (4) All tube diameters and all tube lengths.
        (5) All lamp sizes and shapes for directional and
    
nondirectional installations, including, but not limited to, PL, spiral, twin tube, triple twin, 2D, U-bend, and circular.
    "Linear fluorescent lamp" means a low-pressure, mercury-containing, electric-discharge light source in which a fluorescent coating transforms some of the ultraviolet energy generated by the mercury discharge into visible light, and includes all of the following characteristics:
        (1) Two bases (end caps) of any type, including, but
    
not limited to, single-pin, two-pin, and recessed double contact.
        (2) Light emission between a correlated color
    
temperature of 1700K and 24000K and a Delta u, v of +0.024 and -0.024 in the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) Uniform Color Space (CAM02-UCS).
        (3) All tube diameters, including, but not limited
    
to, T5, T8, T10, and T12.
        (4) All tube lengths from 0.5 to 8.0 feet, inclusive.
        (5) All lamp shapes, including, but not limited to,
    
linear, U-bend, and circular.
    "Sunlamp product" has the meaning given in 21 CFR 1040.20(b)(9).
    (c) Beginning January 1, 2026, no person shall sell, offer to sell, or distribute in the State as a new manufactured product a screw-base or bayonet-base type compact fluorescent lamp.
    (d) beginning January 1, 2027, no person shall sell, offer to sell, or distribute in the State as a new manufactured product a pin-base type compact fluorescent lamp or a linear fluorescent lamp.
    (e) The prohibitions in this Section do not apply to the following:
        (1) A lamp designed and marketed exclusively for
    
image capture and projection, including:
            (A) photocopying;
            (B) printing, directly or in preprocessing;
            (C) lithography;
            (D) film or video projection; or
            (E) holography.
        (2) A lamp that has a high proportion of ultraviolet
    
light emission and is one of the following:
            (A) a lamp with high ultraviolet content that has
        
ultraviolet power greater than 2 milliwatts per kilolumen (mW/klm);
            (B) a lamp for germicidal use, such as the
        
destruction of DNA, that emits a peak radiation of approximately 253.7 nanometers;
            (C) a lamp designed and marketed exclusively for
        
disinfection or fly trapping from which either the radiation power emitted between 250 and 315 nanometers represents at least 5% of, or the radiation power emitted between 315 and 400 nanometers represents at least 20% of, the total radiation power emitted between 250 and 800 nanometers;
            (D) a lamp designed and marketed exclusively for
        
the generation of ozone where the primary purpose is to emit radiation at approximately 185.1 nanometers;
            (E) a lamp designed and marketed exclusively for
        
coral zooxanthellae symbiosis from which the radiation power emitted between 400 and 480 nanometers represents at least 40% of the total radiation power emitted between 250 and 800 nanometers; and
            (F) a lamp designed and marketed exclusively for
        
use in a sunlamp product.
        (3) A lamp designed and marketed exclusively for use
    
in medical or veterinary diagnosis or treatment or in a medical device.
        (4) A lamp designed and marketed exclusively for use
    
in the manufacturing or quality control of pharmaceutical products.
        (5) A lamp designed and marketed exclusively for
    
spectroscopy and photometric applications, such as UV-visible spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy, nondispersive infrared (NDIR) spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, medical analysis, ellipsometry, layer thickness measurement, process monitoring, or environmental monitoring.
        (6) A lamp used by academic and research institutions
    
for conducting research projects and experiments.
        (7) A compact fluorescent lamp used to replace a lamp
    
in motor vehicles manufactured on or before January 1, 2020.
        (8) A compact fluorescent lamp or linear fluorescent
    
lamp sold or offered for sale on or before January 1, 2028, if there is no LED alternative available.
    (f) Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to limit the ability of a utility to offer energy efficient lighting, rebates, or lamp recycling services, or to claim persisting energy savings based on fluorescent technology resulting from such programs, through its energy conservation and optimization plans approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission under Section 8-103B of the Public Utilities Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-799, eff. 1-1-25.)