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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2920 Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Emil Jones, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Plastic Straw Ban Act. Provides that no bar, restaurant, or any business that sells food to the public may provide to a customer a single-use plastic straw unless requested by the customer. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall enforce the Act. Provides penalties for violations. Defines terms.
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| | SB2920 | | LRB101 20077 CPF 69608 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Plastic Straw Ban Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
| 7 | | "Bar" means an establishment that is devoted to the serving |
| 8 | | of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the |
| 9 | | premises and that derives no more than 10% of its gross revenue |
| 10 | | from the sale of food consumed on the premises. "Bar" includes, |
| 11 | | but is not limited to, taverns, nightclubs, cocktail lounges, |
| 12 | | adult entertainment facilities, and cabarets. |
| 13 | | "Department" means the Department of Public Health. |
| 14 | | "Restaurant" means an establishment, including, but not |
| 15 | | limited to, coffee shops, cafeterias, sandwich stands, and |
| 16 | | private and public school cafeterias, that gives or offers for |
| 17 | | sale food or beverages to the public or guests. |
| 18 | | "Single-use plastic straw" means a single-use, disposable |
| 19 | | tube made predominantly of plastic derived from either |
| 20 | | petroleum or a biologically based polymer, such as corn or |
| 21 | | other plant sources, used to transfer a beverage from a |
| 22 | | container to the mouth of the person drinking the beverage. |
| 23 | | "Single-use plastic straw" does not include a straw made from |