Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1398

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a lithium-ion battery may not be disposed of in a mixed recycling waste bin. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to encourage local authorities to use separate curbside recycling collection bins for the disposal of lithium-ion batteries. Amends the Hazardous Materials Emergency Act. Provides that hazardous materials include lithium-ion batteries for purposes of specified provisions of the Act.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules requiring each manufacturer of an electric vehicle that is sold in the State and contains a lithium-ion battery and each manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries sold in the State to submit a battery recycling plan to the Agency by June 1, 2024. Prohibits the disposal of lithium-ion batteries in sanitary landfills. Makes the disposal prohibitions in the bill take effect July 1, 2024. Effective immediately.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/6/2023	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin
2/6/2023	Senate	First Reading
2/6/2023	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/14/2023	Senate	Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities
3/3/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin
3/3/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
3/7/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities
3/9/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Energy and Public Utilities
3/9/2023	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Energy and Public Utilities; 017-000-000
3/9/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023
3/31/2023	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/21/2023	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy

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