Bill Text: IL HB4341 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the CTE Prevention Act. Defines terms. Provides that a child under the age of 12 may not participate in tackle football offered by an organized youth sports program. Provides that a child under the age of 12 may participate in all other athletic activities offered by an organized youth sports program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4341 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4341-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4341 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Sente SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the CTE Prevention Act. Defines terms. Provides that a child under the age of 12 may not participate in tackle football offered by an organized youth sports program. Provides that a child under the age of 12 may participate in all other athletic activities offered by an organized youth sports program.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title; references to Act.
(a) Short title. This Act may be cited as the CTE
Prevention Act.
(b) References to Act. This Act may be referred to as the
Dave Duerson Act to Prevent CTE.
Section 5. Purpose. The General Assembly finds that the
best available evidence tells us that Chronic Traumatic
Encephalopathy (CTE) is caused by repetitive hits to the head
sustained over a period of years and cite sub-concussive
impacts as an important factor. The General Assembly also finds
that athletes who begin playing contact sports at younger ages
are at greater risk for neurological impairment later in life
and recognizes that several published studies show that
exposure to tackle football before the age of 12 is associated
with a greater risk of neurological impairment than exposure to
tackle football starting at or after the age of 12.
Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
"Organized youth sports program" means any organized
intramural athletic activity program, interscholastic athletic

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activity program, or physical education program developed and
offered to children or students in this State through an
organized entity, including, but not limited to, a public or
private elementary or secondary school, charter school, park
district, athletic association, or other for-profit or
nonprofit entity.
"Tackle football" means any practice or game of American
football where physical contact is used to force opposing
players to the ground.
Section 15. Children under 12; tackle football. A child
under the age of 12 may not participate in tackle football
offered by an organized youth sports program. A child under the
age of 12 may participate in all other athletic activities
offered by an organized youth sports program, including, but
not limited to, touch football or flag football.