Bill Text: IL SB0556 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that every single-occupancy restroom in a place of public accommodation or public building shall be identified as all-gender and designated for use by no more than one person at a time or for family or assisted use. Provides that "place of public accommodation" has the meaning provided in the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that each single-occupancy restroom shall be outfitted with exterior signage indicating "all-gender" or "gender-neutral". Provides that these provisions apply to any existing or future places of public accommodation or public buildings. Provides that during an inspection of a place of public accommodation or public building by a health officer or health inspector, the health officer or health inspector may inspect the place of accommodation or public building to determine whether it complies. Effective January 1, 2020.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0165 [SB0556 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0556-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that every single-occupancy restroom in a place of public accommodation or public building shall be identified as all-gender and designated for use by no more than one person at a time or for family or assisted use. Provides that "place of public accommodation" has the meaning provided in the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that each single-occupancy restroom shall be outfitted with exterior signage indicating "all-gender" or "gender-neutral". Provides that these provisions apply to any existing or future places of public accommodation or public buildings. Provides that during an inspection of a place of public accommodation or public building by a health officer or health inspector, the health officer or health inspector may inspect the place of accommodation or public building to determine whether it complies. Effective January 1, 2020.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0165 [SB0556 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0556-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 1-100 as | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (405 ILCS 5/1-100) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-100)
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8 | Sec. 1-100.
This Act shall be known and
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9 | the "Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities Code". | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
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