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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 5885         </title>
<shortdesc>FORMALDEHYDE BAN - CHILDREN</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Martin J. Moylan-Kathleen Willis</sponsors>
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<lastaction>
<statusdate>12/3/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>New Act</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     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.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/14/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Martin J. Moylan</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/25/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis</action>
<statusdate>12/3/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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