Illinois House Bill 735 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-07-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that has, as one of its purposes, promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall prohibit a member school from using a Native American logo or mascot or any other Native American imagery unless the school (1) has received the express written consent of a Native American tribe based within 500 miles of the school, which consent must be renewed every 5 years; (2) conducts a school-wide program on Native American culture at least twice per school year; (3) offers a course of study to its students outlining Native American contributions to society; and (4) files an annual report with the State Board of Education detailing what academic programs on Native Americans it has offered during the school year. Provides that the association or other entity shall investigate any failure to comply with this prohibition and the penalty for noncompliance shall be ineligibility to participate in any playoffs.

SCHOOL-NATIVE AMERICAN IMAGERY

Rep. Maurice West [D]

Rep. Jonathan Carroll [D]

Rep. Deborah Conroy [D]

Rep. Daniel Didech [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-07-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
2021-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2021-03-02	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2021-02-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
2021-02-09	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
2021-02-08	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2021-02-08	House	First Reading
2021-02-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	25	1.25	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=735&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB0735.htm