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Failed in legislature HB 4805 — Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban Act (died) HB 4805 (103rd General Assembly, 2023–2024), sponsored by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray (D-81), would have banned gas leaf blowers statewide effective January 1, 2025 with a $500 civil penalty. Died Session Sine Die on January 7, 2025 without a hearing. No 104th-session successor bill. Predecessor SB 3313 (101st GA) also died. Illinois's home-rule framework (Article VII §6) means no state enabling bill is structurally required — two full-ban cities (Evanston since 2023, Oak Park since June 2025) plus a 7-village North Shore seasonal cluster have acted without state permission.
Research & citations
- The Movement to 'Make America Rake Again' — Reasons to be Cheerful
— Reasons to be Cheerful, 2024-01-18
Hannah Wallace profiles the national push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers, opening with Quiet Clean PDX co-chair Michael Hall (Portland, OR) and noting more than 100 US cities have enacted bans alongside 45+ Quiet Clean Alliance member groups. Calls Washington D.C.'s 2022 phase-out the "gold standard" — three-year ramp-up, citizen-affidavit enforcement via DLCP, fines up to $500. Surveys California's CARB AB-1346 zero-emission rule (effective Jan 2024) plus the state's $30M CORE voucher program; cites bans in Burlington VT, Evanston IL, Oakland, Beverly Hills, Santa Barbara, and Montgomery County MD; flags rebate/discount programs in Colorado (30% statewide point-of-sale discount, eff. Jan 2024) and Dallas. Quotes Seagraves Landscaping (West Linn, OR — a Lake Oswego Parks contractor) on crews preferring electric blowers. Closes by linking the movement to the Xerces Society's Leave the Leaves campaign.
- HB 4805 — Illinois General Assembly
- State of Illinois — Official Website
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