(a) In this Section, "State-owned or State-operated facility" means either of the following: (1) A hospital that is organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act. (2) A penal institution, as that term is defined under Section 2-14 of the Criminal Code of 2012, that is owned or operated by the State. (b) Any halal food product offered by a State-owned or State-operated facility shall be purchased from a halal-certified vendor. Any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor is subject to penalties under this Act. (c) The provisions of this Section shall not infringe upon or affect any obligation in a contract entered into and in effect on or before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
410 ILCS 637/25
State facility halal food products
Known as the Halal Food Act
The act spans §§ 410-637-1 to 410-637-90 (7 sections).
P.A. 103-1076, eff. 3-21-25.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.