Illinois Governor signs laws aimed at protecting children
The laws keep Illinois PFAS limits in place, make plastic pellets a regulated pollutant and expand review of air permits in environmental justice communities.
- Governor JB Pritzker signed three bills—HB 5070, SB 3772, and HB 4418—to protect Illinoisans from toxic pollution and insulate the state from federal environmental policy rollbacks.
- The Trump administration recently announced efforts to weaken national drinking water standards for PFAS and curtail clean water protections, prompting Illinois to codify its own science-based environmental safeguards.
- HB 4418 designates pre-production plastic pellets as a pollutant for the first time, requiring the Illinois EPA to develop stormwater controls that hold producers accountable for spills into waterways.
- SB 3772 establishes a legal framework addressing cumulative air pollution in Environmental Justice communities, enabling the Illinois EPA to require stronger permit conditions and increased inspections in historically overburdened areas.
- Environmental and community advocates celebrated the laws as historic "firsts," while Governor Pritzker stated access to clean air and safe drinking water is "a basic human right" requiring prioritization over industrial polluters.
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