Targeted audience	U.S. domestic manufacturers, distributor; U.S. importers and upstream suppliers
Products concerned	Consumer products
Key industries concerned with this insight	Juvenile products
Application date	January 1, 2032
Main content or requirements	U.S. Illinois passed bill HB 2516 to expand PFAS ban to several consumer products.
Reference

On August 15, 2025, the Illinois State Governor signed bill HB 2516 into law to amend the PFAS Reduction Act by expanding the PFAS ban to several consumer products. 

The following products if the product contains intentionally added PFAS shall not be sold, offered for sale, or distributed for sale in Illinois after the effective date:

Products	Requirements	Effective date
Cosmetics Dental floss Juvenile products Menstruation products Intimate apparel	Prohibited if intentionally added	January 1, 2032

The above requirements do not apply to: 

1. A product for which federal law governs the presence in the product of a perfluoroalkyl substance or polyfluoroalkyl substance in a manner that preempts State authority; 
2. Used products offered for sale or resale; 
3. An electronic or internal component of a product; or 
4. Refrigerants, foams, and aerosol propellants that are listed as acceptable, acceptable subject to use conditions, or acceptable subject to narrowed use limit by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Significant New Alternatives Policy Program, 40 CFR 82, Subpart G, as long as the refrigerant, foam, or aerosol propellant is sold, offered for sale, or distributed for sale for the use for which it is listed pursuant to that program, except to the extent the items are used in personal care products. 

Note: 

1. "Juvenile product" means a product designed or marketed for use by infants and children under 12 years of age. "Juvenile product" includes a baby or toddler foam pillow, bassinet, bedside sleeper, booster seat, changing pad, child restraint system for use in a motor vehicle and aircraft, co-sleeper, crib mattress, highchair, highchair pad, infant bouncer, infant carrier, infant seat, infant sleep positioner, infant swing, infant travel bed, infant walker, nap cot, nursing pad, nursing pillow, play mat, playpen, play yard, polyurethane foam mat, pad, or pillow, portable foam nap mat, portable infant sleeper, portable hook-on chair, soft-sided portable crib, stroller, and toddler mattress. 

"Juvenile product" does not include: 

1. a children's electronic product, including a personal computer, audio and video equipment, calculator, wireless phone, game console, handheld device incorporating a video screen, or any associated peripheral component, such as a mouse, keyboard, power supply unit, or power cord; 
2. an adult mattress; or 
3. an internal component of a product that does not come into direct contact with a child's skin or mouth during reasonably foreseeable use or abuse of the product. 

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