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Bill	MERCURY FEVER THERMOMETER BAN	Creates the Mercury Fever Thermometer Prohibition Act. Sets forth legislative findings. Provides that (1) on or after July 1, 2004, no person shall sell, distribute, or give for promotional purposes (including online retail) mercury fever thermometers in this State and (2) on or after July 1, 2004, no hospital shall distribute mercury fever thermometers in maternity or new baby gift packs to patients. Provides that these prohibitions do not apply to mercury fever thermometers sold or provided to be used in a health care facility. Provides that on or after July 1, 2004, no person shall manufacture a mercury fever thermometer in this State. Provides that on or after July 1, 2004, no mercury-added novelty products may be offered for sale or distributed for promotional purposes; exempts button-cell batteries. Provides that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a petty offense and upon conviction is subject to a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $200 for each violation.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 1530	Illinois HB 1530 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	52	3	2003-02-06	2003-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/21d9940b-d92c-460b-b21c-69001e267794	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1530&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2304&SessionID=3&GA=93	b0bab08643b109e503df6ad00a4d205c2ff36e837f84aae13acc5566ee1a9bc1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1530 (93rd) — MERCURY FEVER THERMOMETER BAN

Creates the Mercury Fever Thermometer Prohibition Act. Sets forth legislative findings. Provides that (1) on or after July 1, 2004, no person shall sell, distribute, or give for promotional purposes (including online retail) mercury fever thermometers in this State and (2) on or after July 1, 2004, no hospital shall distribute mercury fever thermometers in maternity or new baby gift packs to patients. Provides that these prohibitions do not apply to mercury fever thermometers sold or provided to be used in a health care facility. Provides that on or after July 1, 2004, no person shall manufacture a mercury fever thermometer in this State. Provides that on or after July 1, 2004, no mercury-added novelty products may be offered for sale or distributed for promotional purposes; exempts button-cell batteries. Provides that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a petty offense and upon conviction is subject to a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $200 for each violation.

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

• Third Reading — 87–24 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–1 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 88–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-06 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. James H. Meyer filing
• 2003-02-06 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2003-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-11 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Re-assigned to Environment and Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-28 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2003-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
• 2003-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Environment and Energy Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2003-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2003-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ricca Slone
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2003-03-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-024-003 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2003-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-26 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-03 Assigned to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2003-04-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
• 2003-04-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass as Amended Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
• 2003-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-05-06 Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-06 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2003-05-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson; Motion #1
• 2003-05-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
• 2003-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
• 2003-05-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 088-027-002
• 2003-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-10 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-07-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0165 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21d9940b-d92c-460b-b21c-69001e267794. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).