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1 AN ACT concerning safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Deputy Chief
5 Pete Bendinelli PFAS PPE Act.
6 Section 5. The PFAS Reduction Act is amended by changing
7 Section 5 and by adding Section 20 as follows:
8 (415 ILCS 170/5)
9 Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context
10 otherwise requires:
11 "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection
12 Agency.
13 "Auxiliary firefighting personal protective equipment"
14 means personal protective equipment other than firefighting
15 personal protective clothing, including self-contained
16 breathing apparatuses and other respiratory protection
17 products, hearing protection, protective communication
18 devices, and fall protection products.
19 "Class B firefighting foam" means foam designed to
20 extinguish flammable liquid fires or prevent the ignition of
21 flammable liquids.
22 "Fire department" means the duly authorized fire
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1 protection organization of a unit of local government, a
2 Regional Fire Protection Agency, a fire protection district,
3 or a volunteer fire department.
4 "Firefighting personal protective clothing" means any
5 clothing designed, intended, or marketed to be worn by
6 firefighting personnel in the performance of their duties,
7 designed with the intent for use in fire and rescue
8 activities, including jackets, pants, shoes, gloves, and
9 helmets.
10 "Local government" means a unit of local government or
11 other special purpose district that provides firefighting
12 services.
13 "Manufacturer" means a person that manufactures Class B
14 firefighting foam and any agents of that person, including an
15 importer, distributor, authorized servicer, factory branch, or
16 distributor branch.
17 "Perfluoroalkyl substance or polyfluoroalkyl substance" or
18 "PFAS" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals
19 containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
20 "Person" means any individual, partnership, association,
21 public or private corporation, limited liability company, or
22 any other type of legal or commercial entity, including, but
23 not limited to, members, managers, partners, directors, or
24 officers.
25 "Testing" means calibration testing, conformance testing,
26 and fixed system testing.
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1 (Source: P.A. 102-290, eff. 8-6-21.)
2 (415 ILCS 170/20 new)
3 Sec. 20. Notification for firefighting personal protective
4 clothing and equipment sales; prohibitions.
5 (a) Beginning January 1, 2026, any person, firm,
6 association, partnership, corporation, organization, or joint
7 venture, including an importer or domestic distributor of
8 firefighting agents or firefighting equipment, that sells
9 firefighting personal protective clothing containing PFAS
10 chemicals to any person, local government, or State agency
11 shall provide written notice to the purchaser at the time of
12 sale which shall state: (i) that the firefighting personal
13 protective clothing contains PFAS chemicals; and (ii) the
14 reason PFAS chemicals are added to the clothing. The seller
15 and the purchaser shall retain a copy of the notice required
16 under this subsection on file for at least 3 years from the
17 date of the purchase, and upon the request of the Agency, the
18 seller shall furnish the notice, or written copies, and
19 associated sales documentation to the Agency within 60 days of
20 such request.
21 (b) Beginning January 1, 2027, a person that sells
22 firefighting personal protective clothing to any person, local
23 government, or State agency shall not knowingly manufacture,
24 sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for
25 use in the State any firefighting personal protective clothing
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1 containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals.
2 (c) Beginning January 1, 2030, a person that sells
3 auxiliary firefighting personal protective equipment to any
4 person, local government, or State agency shall not knowingly
5 manufacture, sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or
6 distribute for use in the State any auxiliary firefighting
7 personal protective equipment containing intentionally added
8 PFAS chemicals.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.