Bill Sponsors: IL HB1562 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB1562 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeContactPhoneDistrictSponsorshipState ProfileFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative David Friess [R]PrimaryN/A217-782-1018HD-115Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Dave Severin [R]CosponsorEmail217-782-1051HD-116Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative William Hauter [R]CosponsorN/A217-782-0221HD-087Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Jason Bunting [R]CosponsorEmail217-558-1039HD-106Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaN/A
Representative Paul Jacobs [R]CosponsorN/A217-782-0387HD-118Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Randy Frese [R]CosponsorN/AN/AHD-099Sponsored BillsN/AFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Patrick Windhorst [R]CosponsorN/A217-782-5131HD-117Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Jed Davis [R]CosponsorN/A217-782-5997HD-075Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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