HB5038 - 104th General Assembly

PROCUREMENT-NO DEFORESTATION
Last Action
3/27/2026 - House: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Sponsors
Rep. Daniel Didech - Laura Faver Dias
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
30 ILCS 500/Art. 54 heading new
30 ILCS 500/54-1 new
30 ILCS 500/54-2 new
30 ILCS 500/54-3 new
30 ILCS 500/54-4 new
30 ILCS 500/54-6 new
30 ILCS 500/54-7 new
30 ILCS 500/54-8 new
30 ILCS 500/54-9 new
30 ILCS 500/54-10 new
30 ILCS 500/54-11 new
30 ILCS 500/54-12 new
30 ILCS 500/54-13 new
30 ILCS 500/54-14 new
30 ILCS 500/54-15 new
30 ILCS 500/54-16 new
30 ILCS 500/54-17 new
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Creates the Deforestation-Free Illinois Law within the Code. Provides that neither the State nor any State agency shall allow any person having a contract with the State or with a State agency to purchase, at wholesale or retail, or obtain any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product for use in completing a contract with the State or with any State agency, subject to certain exceptions. Requires contractors who enter into contracts with the State to certify that the commodity furnished to the State was not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or primary forest and old-growth forest degradation occurred. Effective immediately.
Actions
Date Chamber Action
2/04/2026 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
2/10/2026 House First Reading
2/10/2026 House Referred to Rules Committee
2/17/2026 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
3/04/2026 House Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
3/27/2026 House Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee