Illinois Senate Bill 4242 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on November 14 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-11-22 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school uniform or dress code policy adopted by a school board or local school council shall not prohibit a student from wearing any articles of clothing or items that have cultural or religious significance to the student if those articles of clothing or items are not obscene or derogatory toward others and shall not prohibit the right of a student to wear or accessorize the student's graduation attire with items associated with the student's cultural or ethnic identity or any protected characteristic or category identified in the Illinois Human Rights Act, including, but not limited to, Native American items of cultural significance.

SCH CD-DRESS CODE POLICY

Sen. Suzanne Glowiak Hilton [D]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]	Sen. Mike Simmons [D]	Sen. Cristina Castro [D]
Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-11-22	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
2022-11-22	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
2022-11-22	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
2022-11-17	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
2022-11-14	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2022-11-14	Senate	First Reading
2022-11-14	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-22.25b	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-2.3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4242&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB4242.htm