ISSUES: ENVIRONMENT

The League of Women Voters of Illinois is currently advocating for these conservation-related bills in the Illinois House and Senate. This list will get you started and you can dive deeper by reading the full bills on the Illinois General Assembly's website. Look up the bill by its HB or SB number. The list is current as of 4/1/25.

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What to do with this newfound info? If you feel strongly about a bill, call or write your elected officials in the Illinois House and Senate and tell them why they should support it. Here's how. If they already support it, call and thank them! Your input will influence their priorities.

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ZERO WASTE BILLS:

• Disposable Food Service Container Act (SB1531): This bill provides that, beginning January 1, 2030, a person may not sell or distribute in this State a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. 

• Single-Use Plastic Bag Reduction Act (SB1872): This bill prohibits, starting July 1, 2026, a retail mercantile establishment from offering or making available a single-use checkout bag to consumers at the point of sale. 

 

CLEAN AIR & WATER BILLS:

• EPA-Carbon Capture-Aquifer (HB3614 / SB1723): This bill amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall conduct a carbon sequestration activity (capturing, securing, storing) within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer. 

• Wetlands Protection Act (HB3596 / SB2401): This bill creates the Wetlands Protection Act. Provides that no person may discharge dredged or fill material into a State jurisdictional wetland except with a permit issued by the Department of Natural Resources.