Bill Text: IL HB1201 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Specifies that menstrual hygiene products shall be made available in all bathrooms (rather than in bathrooms) of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Provides that the school employee or third-party contractor who is responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school bathrooms shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of menstrual hygiene products in the bathrooms. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-22 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez [HB1201 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1201-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of menstrual hygiene products. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) The General Assembly finds the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | necessity and not an item that can be foregone or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | substituted easily. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | (2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | and ongoing need in this State. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | (3) When students do not have access to affordable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | school every month. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | (4) When students have access to quality menstrual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | hygiene products, they are able to continue with their | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | daily lives with minimal interruption. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | (b) In this Section: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | "Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | leased by a school district or over which the school board has | ||||||
| 2 | care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public | ||||||
| 3 | school serving students in grades 6 through 12. | ||||||
| 4 | (c) A school district shall make menstrual hygiene | ||||||
| 5 | products available, at no cost to students, in all bathrooms | ||||||
| 6 | of every school building that are open for student use in | ||||||
| 7 | grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day.
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| 8 | (d) The school employee or third-party contractor who is | ||||||
| 9 | responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the | ||||||
| 10 | supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school bathrooms | ||||||
| 11 | shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing | ||||||
| 12 | the supply of menstrual hygiene products in bathrooms to meet | ||||||
| 13 | the requirements of subsection (c). | ||||||
| 14 | (Source: P.A. 102-340, eff. 8-13-21.)
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| 15 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.56) | ||||||
| 16 | Sec. 34-18.56. Availability of menstrual hygiene products. | ||||||
| 17 | (a) The General Assembly finds the following: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care | ||||||
| 19 | necessity and not an item that can be foregone or | ||||||
| 20 | substituted easily. | ||||||
| 21 | (2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious | ||||||
| 22 | and ongoing need in this State. | ||||||
| 23 | (3) When students do not have access to affordable | ||||||
| 24 | menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of | ||||||
| 25 | school every month. | ||||||
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| 1 | (4) When students have access to quality menstrual | ||||||
| 2 | hygiene products, they are able to continue with their | ||||||
| 3 | daily lives with minimal interruption. | ||||||
| 4 | (b) In this Section: | ||||||
| 5 | "Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary | ||||||
| 6 | napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle. | ||||||
| 7 | "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or | ||||||
| 8 | leased by the school district or over which the board has care, | ||||||
| 9 | custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public school | ||||||
| 10 | serving students in grades 6 through 12. | ||||||
| 11 | (c) The school district shall make menstrual hygiene | ||||||
| 12 | products available, at no cost to students, in all bathrooms | ||||||
| 13 | of every school building that are open for student use in | ||||||
| 14 | grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day.
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| 15 | (d) The school employee or third-party contractor who is | ||||||
| 16 | responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the | ||||||
| 17 | supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school bathrooms | ||||||
| 18 | shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing | ||||||
| 19 | the supply of menstrual hygiene products in bathrooms to meet | ||||||
| 20 | the requirements of subsection (c). | ||||||
| 21 | (Source: P.A. 102-340, eff. 8-13-21.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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