Bill Text: IL HB2783 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that it is the duty of the Department of Central Management Services to provide free menstrual hygiene products in all State government buildings and in any public restrooms maintained by the State government that are not designated as male-only restrooms. Provides that it is the policy of the State of Illinois to provide free menstrual hygiene products in all State government buildings, unit of local government buildings, and school district buildings, and in all public restrooms maintained by any of those entities that are not designated as male-only restrooms. Provides that the Department shall coordinate with units of local government and school districts and may award grants to units of local government or school districts to effectuate this policy. Provides that the Department shall coordinate with school districts to ensure that, in the case of the provision of menstrual hygiene products in school restrooms, the employee or third-party contractor who is normally responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school restrooms shall also be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of menstrual hygiene products in the school restrooms. Allows the Department to adopt rules. Effective January 1, 2026.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2783 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2783-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2783 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 405/405-217 new
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that it is the duty of the Department of Central Management Services to provide free menstrual hygiene products in all State government buildings and in any public restrooms maintained by the State government that are not designated as male-only restrooms. Provides that it is the policy of the State of Illinois to provide free menstrual hygiene products in all State government buildings, unit of local government buildings, and school district buildings, and in all public restrooms maintained by any of those entities that are not designated as male-only restrooms. Provides that the Department shall coordinate with units of local government and school districts and may award grants to units of local government or school districts to effectuate this policy. Provides that the Department shall coordinate with school districts to ensure that, in the case of the provision of menstrual hygiene products in school restrooms, the employee or third-party contractor who is normally responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school restrooms shall also be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of menstrual hygiene products in the school restrooms. Allows the Department to adopt rules. Effective January 1, 2026.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
adding Section 405-217 as follows:
(20 ILCS 405/405-217 new)
Sec. 405-217. Menstrual hygiene product policy. To provide
free menstrual hygiene products in all State buildings and in
any public restrooms maintained by the State that are not
designated as male-only restrooms.
It is the policy of the State of Illinois to provide free
menstrual hygiene products in all State government buildings,
unit of local government buildings, and school district
buildings, and in all public restrooms maintained by any of
those entities that are not designated as male-only restrooms.
The Department shall coordinate with units of local government
and school districts to effectuate this policy. The Department
may award grants to effectuate this policy.
The Department shall coordinate with school districts to
ensure that, in the case of the provision of menstrual hygiene
products in school restrooms, the employee or third-party
contractor who is normally responsible for ordering, stocking,

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and replenishing the supply of toilet tissue and paper towels
in school restrooms shall also be responsible for ordering,
stocking, and replenishing the supply of menstrual hygiene
products in the school restrooms.
The Department may adopt rules to implement this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2026.