2025 Senate Bill 416

Trade: containers; bottle deposit law; expand.

A bill to amend 1976 IL 1, entitled “A petition to initiate legislation to provide for the use of returnable containers for soft drinks, soda water, carbonated natural or mineral water, other nonalcoholic carbonated drink, and for beer, ale, or other malt drink of whatever alcoholic content, and for certain other beverage containers; to provide for the use of unredeemed bottle deposits; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,” by amending the title and sections 1, 2, 3c, 3e, and 3f (MCL 445.571, 445.572, 445.573c, 445.573e, and 445.573f), the title as amended and sections 3e and 3f as added by 1996 PA 384, section 1 as amended by 1989 PA 93, section 2 as amended by 1998 PA 473, and section 3c as amended by 2022 PA 198, and by adding sections 2b, 3g, 3h, and 5a; to provide for a referendum; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

Introduced in the Senate

June 12, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Sean McCann (D-19)

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Environment