HB5038Introduced in the House
PROCUREMENT-NO DEFORESTATION
Introduced by Daniel Didech, District 59
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Creates the Deforestation-Free Illinois Law within the Code. Provides that neither the State nor any State agency shall allow any person having a contract with the State or with a State agency to purchase, at wholesale or retail, or obtain any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product for use in completing a contract with the State or with any State agency, subject to certain exceptions. Requires contractors who enter into contracts with the State to certify that the commodity furnished to the State was not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or primary forest and old-growth forest degradation occurred. Effective immediately.
Where it stands
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
March 27, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
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Bill history
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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