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Bill	BULK FOOD HANDLING-CONTAINERS	Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that provisions prohibiting the offer for sale of any bulk food in a manner other than to prevent direct handling of such items by the consumer shall not prohibit self-service by consumers provided that take-home containers, including bags, cups, and lids, provided for consumer use are stored and dispensed in a sanitary manner. Provides that a retailer may allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food. Provides that county health departments and municipalities shall not prohibit the ability of a retailer to allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 3440	Illinois HB 3440 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	41	3	2019-02-15	2019-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/88769afa-32b4-4f86-a3c6-3aa008fa6428	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3440&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=120047&SessionID=108&GA=101	a885cffe9a727bfb29c09035eb5bd5c6579daea8995e056559318f933a94a92d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3440 (101st) — BULK FOOD HANDLING-CONTAINERS

Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that provisions prohibiting the offer for sale of any bulk food in a manner other than to prevent direct handling of such items by the consumer shall not prohibit self-service by consumers provided that take-home containers, including bags, cups, and lids, provided for consumer use are stored and dispensed in a sanitary manner. Provides that a retailer may allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food. Provides that county health departments and municipalities shall not prohibit the ability of a retailer to allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 91–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Heather A. Steans — primary (person)
• Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
• Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
• Will Guzzardi — primary (person)
• William Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi filing
• 2019-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 025-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa
• 2019-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
• 2019-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2019-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2019-04-03 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2019-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
• 2019-05-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-05-08 Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
• 2019-05-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
• 2019-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-17 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2019-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2019-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Energy & Environment Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 026-000-000
• 2019-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
• 2019-05-30 House Concurs
• 2019-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-23 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0510 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88769afa-32b4-4f86-a3c6-3aa008fa6428. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).