IL Senate committee approves bill requiring diaper ingredients transparency for consumers

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Senate Consumer Protection Committee unanimously approved a bill Thursday to help protect adults, parents and children who are allergic to diaper ingredients.

This plan requires each package or box of diapers sold in Illinois to include a printed list of all ingredients.

Sponsors said the Attorney General or state's attorneys could enforce this change and collect civil penalties from companies violating the policy.

"We will be having a runoff period for packaging on the shelves," said Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl (D-Northbrook). "The order that the ingredients are listed is from most to least with the exception that the very small 1% elementary can be whatever order, as it becomes hard to distinguish at that level."

House Bill 4702 now heads to the Senate floor for further consideration. The measure previously passed out of the House on a 73-38 vote.