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| Public Act 103-0799 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 21.8 as follows: | ||||
(415 ILCS 5/21.8 new) | ||||
Sec. 21.8. Fluorescent lamp bans. | ||||
(a) The General Assembly finds that: | ||||
(1) Mercury is a persistent and toxic pollutant that | ||||
bioaccumulates in the environment and poses a serious | ||||
threat to humans, particularly young children, and | ||||
wildlife. | ||||
(2) Human exposure to mercury can result in nervous | ||||
system, kidney, and liver damage and impaired childhood | ||||
development. | ||||
(3) Removal of mercury and mercury-containing products | ||||
from the waste stream prior to combustion or disposal is | ||||
an effective way to reduce mercury pollution. | ||||
(4) All fluorescent lamps contain mercury and can | ||||
create an immediate public health and environmental hazard | ||||
when they accidentally break during installation, use, | ||||
transportation, storage, recycling, or disposal. | ||||
(5) Light-emitting diode (LED) replacements for | ||||
fluorescent lamps do not contain any mercury. | ||
(b) In this Section: | ||
"Compact fluorescent lamp" means a compact low-pressure, | ||
mercury-containing, electric-discharge light source in which a | ||
fluorescent coating transforms some of the ultraviolet energy | ||
generated by the mercury discharge into visible light, and | ||
includes all of the following characteristics: | ||
(1) One base (end cap) of any type, including, but not | ||
limited to, screw, bayonet, 2 pins, and 4 pins. | ||
(2) Integrally ballasted or non-integrally ballasted. | ||
(3) Light emission between a correlated color | ||
temperature of 1700K and 24000K and a Delta u, v of +0.024 | ||
and -0.024 in the International Commission on Illumination | ||
(CIE) Uniform Color Space (CAM02-UCS). | ||
(4) All tube diameters and all tube lengths. | ||
(5) All lamp sizes and shapes for directional and | ||
nondirectional installations, including, but not limited | ||
to, PL, spiral, twin tube, triple twin, 2D, U-bend, and | ||
circular. | ||
"Linear fluorescent lamp" means a low-pressure, | ||
mercury-containing, electric-discharge light source in which a | ||
fluorescent coating transforms some of the ultraviolet energy | ||
generated by the mercury discharge into visible light, and | ||
includes all of the following characteristics: | ||
(1) Two bases (end caps) of any type, including, but | ||
not limited to, single-pin, two-pin, and recessed double | ||
contact. | ||
(2) Light emission between a correlated color | ||
temperature of 1700K and 24000K and a Delta u, v of +0.024 | ||
and -0.024 in the International Commission on Illumination | ||
(CIE) Uniform Color Space (CAM02-UCS). | ||
(3) All tube diameters, including, but not limited to, | ||
T5, T8, T10, and T12. | ||
(4) All tube lengths from 0.5 to 8.0 feet, inclusive. | ||
(5) All lamp shapes, including, but not limited to, | ||
linear, U-bend, and circular. | ||
"Sunlamp product" has the meaning given in 21 CFR | ||
1040.20(b)(9). | ||
(c) Beginning January 1, 2026, no person shall sell, offer | ||
to sell, or distribute in the State as a new manufactured | ||
product a screw-base or bayonet-base type compact fluorescent | ||
lamp. | ||
(d) beginning January 1, 2027, no person shall sell, offer | ||
to sell, or distribute in the State as a new manufactured | ||
product a pin-base type compact fluorescent lamp or a linear | ||
fluorescent lamp. | ||
(e) The prohibitions in this Section do not apply to the | ||
following: | ||
(1) A lamp designed and marketed exclusively for image | ||
capture and projection, including: | ||
(A) photocopying; | ||
(B) printing, directly or in preprocessing; | ||
(C) lithography; | ||
(D) film or video projection; or | ||
(E) holography. | ||
(2) A lamp that has a high proportion of ultraviolet | ||
light emission and is one of the following: | ||
(A) a lamp with high ultraviolet content that has | ||
ultraviolet power greater than 2 milliwatts per | ||
kilolumen (mW/klm); | ||
(B) a lamp for germicidal use, such as the | ||
destruction of DNA, that emits a peak radiation of | ||
approximately 253.7 nanometers; | ||
(C) a lamp designed and marketed exclusively for | ||
disinfection or fly trapping from which either the | ||
radiation power emitted between 250 and 315 nanometers | ||
represents at least 5% of, or the radiation power | ||
emitted between 315 and 400 nanometers represents at | ||
least 20% of, the total radiation power emitted | ||
between 250 and 800 nanometers; | ||
(D) a lamp designed and marketed exclusively for | ||
the generation of ozone where the primary purpose is | ||
to emit radiation at approximately 185.1 nanometers; | ||
(E) a lamp designed and marketed exclusively for | ||
coral zooxanthellae symbiosis from which the radiation | ||
power emitted between 400 and 480 nanometers | ||
represents at least 40% of the total radiation power | ||
emitted between 250 and 800 nanometers; and | ||
(F) a lamp designed and marketed exclusively for | ||
use in a sunlamp product. | ||
(3) A lamp designed and marketed exclusively for use | ||
in medical or veterinary diagnosis or treatment or in a | ||
medical device. | ||
(4) A lamp designed and marketed exclusively for use | ||
in the manufacturing or quality control of pharmaceutical | ||
products. | ||
(5) A lamp designed and marketed exclusively for | ||
spectroscopy and photometric applications, such as | ||
UV-visible spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy, atomic | ||
absorption spectroscopy, nondispersive infrared (NDIR) | ||
spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) | ||
spectroscopy, medical analysis, ellipsometry, layer | ||
thickness measurement, process monitoring, or | ||
environmental monitoring. | ||
(6) A lamp used by academic and research institutions | ||
for conducting research projects and experiments. | ||
(7) A compact fluorescent lamp used to replace a lamp | ||
in motor vehicles manufactured on or before January 1, | ||
2020. | ||
(8) A compact fluorescent lamp or linear fluorescent | ||
lamp sold or offered for sale on or before January 1, 2028, | ||
if there is no LED alternative available. | ||
(f) Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to limit | ||
the ability of a utility to offer energy efficient lighting, | ||
rebates, or lamp recycling services, or to claim persisting | ||
energy savings based on fluorescent technology resulting from | ||
such programs, through its energy conservation and | ||
optimization plans approved by the Illinois Commerce | ||
Commission under Section 8-103B of the Public Utilities Act. | ||