Bill Text: IL HB5063 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Gas Stove Labeling Act. Provides that no person shall sell, attempt to sell, or offer to sell to a consumer in the State a gas stove that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2025 unless a label on the gas stove bears a specified message. Provides that manufacturers or importers shall affix adhesive labels to the gas stove in a position that is easily read by a consumer examining the product. Provides that the label must be in a type size no smaller than the largest type size used for other consumer information on the product. Provides that a violation of any of the provisions of the Act is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that all remedies, penalties, and authority granted to the Attorney General by the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act shall be available to him or her for the enforcement of the Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make a conforming change.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5063 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5063-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5063 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
815 ILCS 505/2EEEE new
Creates the Gas Stove Labeling Act. Provides that no person shall sell, attempt to sell, or offer to sell to a consumer in the State a gas stove that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2025 unless a label on the gas stove bears a specified message. Provides that manufacturers or importers shall affix adhesive labels to the gas stove in a position that is easily read by a consumer examining the product. Provides that the label must be in a type size no smaller than the largest type size used for other consumer information on the product. Provides that a violation of any of the provisions of the Act is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that all remedies, penalties, and authority granted to the Attorney General by the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act shall be available to him or her for the enforcement of the Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make a conforming change.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Gas
Stove Labeling Act.
Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "gas stove"
means a household natural gas stove or range that is used for
food preparation and provides at least one of the following
functions:
(1) surface cooking;
(2) oven cooking; or
(3) broiling.
Section 10. Gas stove labeling requirements. No person
shall sell, attempt to sell, or offer to sell to a consumer in
this State a gas stove that is manufactured on or after January
1, 2025 unless a label on the gas stove bears the message:
WARNING: Gas stoves can release nitrogen dioxide and
carbon monoxide inside homes at levels exceeding the
Environmental Protection Agency's standards for outdoor
air quality. The presence of these pollutants may
exacerbate pre-existing respiratory illnesses or lead to
the development of asthma, especially in children. Gas

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powered stoves should never be used without a ducted vent
hood to reduce exposure to these emissions.
Manufacturers or importers shall affix adhesive labels to
the gas stove in a position that is easily read by a consumer
examining the product. The label must be in a type size no
smaller than the largest type size used for other consumer
information on the product.
Section 15. Enforcement by Attorney General. A violation
of any of the provisions of this Act is an unlawful practice
under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
All remedies, penalties, and authority granted to the Attorney
General by that Act shall be available to him or her for the
enforcement of this Act.
Section 90. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2EEEE as follows: