States and neighboring countries. The second report will build upon the first report to include a needs assess-
ment of infrastructure, systems development, and collaboration among State agencies to ensure the State is 
prepared through 2050 for upcoming climate-related challenges. The second report will be submitted by June 
30, 2027. This bill Passed Both Houses.
HB 2419 (Hirschauer/Villa) EPA-Local Siting Review
Legislation that initially would have required for a cumulative impact study to be performed under existing 
local siting review requirements by the IEPA, was ultimately negotiated to make more limited additions to the 
process. First, the bill will clarify that a county board or municipality must conduct a hearing that is accessible 
to persons with disabilities and non-native English speakers, and others. Upon completion of the hearing, the 
local unit of government will certify that the public hearing occurred and thereafter no allegation or claim of 
noncompliance with this public hearing requirement may occur. Secondly, the bill provides that a local unit of 
government, in addition to allowing for traffic impact studies to be performed, may include studies of the emis-
sions associated with traffic; allows the IDOT to charge a fee to cover the costs of the emissions study. The bill 
Passed Both Houses. 
SB 93 (Preston/Faver Dias) Prohibited Food Additives
Legislation that has continued to be introduced year-over-year is the food additives prohibition legislation. 
This year SB 93 would, beginning January 1, 2027, prohibit the manufacture a food product for human consump-
tion that contains any (i) potassium bromate or (ii) propylparaben. Beginning in 2028, no person or entity would 
be allowed to sell, deliver, distribute, hold, or offer for sale a food product for human consumption that contains 
any product containing potassium bromate or propylparaben. The bill sets civil penalties of $5,000-$10,000 
and allows the Attorney General to administer the provisions of the legislation. While the bill passed out of the 
Senate on a bi-partisan vote, the bill did not advance in the House.
SB 1531 (Fine/Gong-Gershowitz) Polystyrene Foam Container Ban 
This bill creates the Disposable Food Service Container Act to eliminate the sale and distribution of disposable 
food service containers composed of all or part of polystyrene foam beginning January 1, 2030. This bill did not 
advance.
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