IL HB1562 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-12 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that any athletic team or sport that is under the jurisdiction of an association or entity that provides for interscholastic athletics or athletic competition among schools and student must be expressly designated as (i) a male athletic team or sport, (ii) a female athletic team or sport, or (iii) a coeducational athletic team or sport. Provides that an athletic team or sport designated as being female is available only to participants who are female, based on their biological sex. Requires a school district or nonpublic school to obtain a written statement signed by a student's parent or guardian or the student verifying the student's age, biological sex, and that the student has not taken performance enhancing drugs; provides for a penalty for false or misleading statements. Prohibits a governmental entity or an association or entity that provides for interscholastic athletics or athletic competition among schools and students from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation, or taking any other adverse action against a school district or nonpublic school for maintaining athletic teams or sports in accordance with these provisions.

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Title

INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS-GENDER

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-03-12HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis
2024-03-12HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
2024-03-12HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
2024-03-12HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
2024-03-12HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
2024-03-12HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
2024-03-12HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
2024-02-28HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
2023-01-31HouseReferred to Rules Committee
2023-01-31HouseFirst Reading
2023-01-30HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. David Friess

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
105251.25New CodeSee Bill Text

Illinois State Sources


Bill Comments

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