PAINT STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM ACT Senate SponsorsSen. Linda Holmes-Melinda Bush 1/13/2015SenateSession Sine Die New Act30 ILCS 105/5.826 newCreates the Paint Stewardship Act. Requires each producer to join the representative organization. Requires the representative organization to submit a plan to the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency for the establishment of a paint stewardship program. Sets forth requirements for the program. Requires the representative organization, in conjunction with an independent auditor, to propose, and the Agency to approve, a fee that will be added to the cost of all architectural paint sold to retailers and distributors in this State. Creates a state-action antitrust exemption for actions taken under the Act. Prohibits, after the implementation of the paint stewardship program, a producer, distributor, or retailer from selling or offering for sale architectural paint to any person in the State if the producer is not a member of the representative organization. Authorizes the imposition of civil penalties for violations of the Act. Sets forth fees for the program. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Paint Stewardship Fund. Effective January 1, 2015.Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to:30 ILCS 105/5.826 newReplaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill creating the Paint Stewardship Act. Changes definition of "architectural paint". Defines "industrial maintenance coating", "shop application", and "recycling, reclamation, or reuse". Removes definitions of "recycling" and "reuse". Makes changes to provisions concerning enforcement, paint stewardship programs, and reports to the Environmental Protection Agency. Removes the provision creating a new fund. Makes other changes. 2/15/2013SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes 2/15/2013SenateFirst Reading 2/15/2013SenateReferred to Assignments 2/27/2013SenateAssigned to Environment 3/7/2013SenatePostponed - Environment 3/12/2013SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes 3/12/2013SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 3/13/2013SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush 3/13/2013SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment 3/14/2013SenatePostponed - Environment 3/21/2013SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted 3/21/2013SenatePostponed - Environment 3/22/2013SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments 1/13/2015SenateSession Sine Die