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Bill	CRIM CD-CAUSTIC SUBSTANCES	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts household products from the statute requiring a person seeking to purchase a substance which is regulated by Title 16 CFR Section 1500.129 of the Federal Caustic Poison Act and required to contain the words "causes severe burns" as the affirmative statement of principal hazard on its label, prior to taking possession to: (1) provide a valid driver's license or other government-issued identification showing the person's name, date of birth, and photograph; and (2) sign a log documenting the name and address of the person, date and time of the transaction, and the brand, product name and net weight of the item. Defines "household product". Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4523	Illinois HB 4523 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2012-01-31	2012-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/35d35a8d-c155-4ed8-b620-21e1f6778448	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4523&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64195&SessionID=84&GA=97	94252f3d6aeb6ee79f91ccb5b15feba7ee8c0ccc5500d0d8cd49377f114cf6d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4523 (97th) — CRIM CD-CAUSTIC SUBSTANCES

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts household products from the statute requiring a person seeking to purchase a substance which is regulated by Title 16 CFR Section 1500.129 of the Federal Caustic Poison Act and required to contain the words "causes severe burns" as the affirmative statement of principal hazard on its label, prior to taking possession to: (1) provide a valid driver's license or other government-issued identification showing the person's name, date of birth, and photograph; and (2) sign a log documenting the name and address of the person, date and time of the transaction, and the brand, product name and net weight of the item. Defines "household product". Effective immediately.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kent Gaffney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-31 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kent Gaffney filing
• 2012-01-31 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard Morthland
• 2012-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
• 2012-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2012-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2012-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2012-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2012-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2012-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2012-03-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2012-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2012-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2012-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2012-03-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2012-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Criminal Law; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2012
• 2012-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2012
• 2012-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0929 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35d35a8d-c155-4ed8-b620-21e1f6778448. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).