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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2484 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 20 ILCS 2705/2705-630 new | |
| Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation, in consultation and collaboration with the Department of Central Management Services and the Capital Development Board, to develop one or more standards for State purchases of appliances, concrete, asphalt, steel, and other building materials, subject to appropriation or the award of grant funding for this purpose. Provides that in developing these standards, the establishment of a maximum acceptable Global Warming Potential standard, as well as ways to promote and facilitate the use of life cycle assessments and environmental product declarations, shall be considered when considering bids for State-funded infrastructure projects. |
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| | SB2484 | | LRB104 10873 LNS 20955 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the |
| 5 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding |
| 6 | | Section 2705-630 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-630 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 2705-630. Sustainability standards. To reduce the |
| 9 | | carbon intensity and increase the sustainability of |
| 10 | | State-funded infrastructure projects, the Department of |
| 11 | | Transportation, in consultation and collaboration with the |
| 12 | | Department of Central Management Services and the Capital |
| 13 | | Development Board, shall develop one or more standards for |
| 14 | | State purchases of appliances, concrete, asphalt, steel, and |
| 15 | | other building materials, subject to appropriation or the |
| 16 | | award of grant funding for this purpose. In developing these |
| 17 | | standards, the establishment of a maximum acceptable Global |
| 18 | | Warming Potential standard, as well as ways to promote and |
| 19 | | facilitate the use of life cycle assessments and environmental |
| 20 | | product declarations, shall be considered when considering |
| 21 | | bids for State-funded infrastructure projects. |