Bill Text: IL SB1659 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that school districts may regulate and restrict access to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places on the basis of biological sex and may also adopt a policy that provides for gender neutral or alternative facilities for students, staff, and members of the public, as the school district deems appropriate. Provides that school districts are not required to: (1) adopt a policy that restricts or regulates access to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places on the basis of biological sex; (2) adopt a policy that includes the facilitation of gender neutral or alternative facilities for students, staff, and members of the public; (3) limit access by a minor accompanied by an adult guardian of the opposite sex into a specified facility appropriate for the adult guardian; (4) prohibit a person with disabilities from using a specified facility appropriate to the biological sex of either the person with disabilities or of an adult caretaker providing assistance; (5) prohibit access to these facilities by custodial staff, school staff, or other persons in an emergency situation; or (6) alter their current policies on access to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-08 - Referred to Assignments [SB1659 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1659-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 adding Sections | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10-20.85. School restroom access. | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) In this Section, "biological sex" means the physical | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | condition of being male or female, as determined by a person's | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | chromosomes, assigned at birth. | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | district may regulate and restrict access to public restrooms, | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places on the | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | basis of biological sex and may adopt a policy that provides | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | for gender neutral or alternative facilities for students, | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | staff, and members of the public, as the school district deems | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | appropriate. | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to in any | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | way require a school district to: | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (1) adopt a policy that restricts or regulates access | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | other similar places on the basis of biological sex; | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (2) adopt a policy that includes the facilitation of |
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1 | gender neutral or alternative facilities for students, | ||||||
2 | staff, and members of the public; | ||||||
3 | (3) limit access by a minor accompanied by an adult | ||||||
4 | guardian of the opposite sex into a specified facility | ||||||
5 | appropriate for the adult guardian; | ||||||
6 | (4) prohibit a person with disabilities from using a | ||||||
7 | specified facility appropriate to the biological sex of | ||||||
8 | either the disabled person or of an adult caretaker | ||||||
9 | providing assistance; | ||||||
10 | (5) prohibit access to these facilities by custodial | ||||||
11 | staff, school staff, or other persons in an emergency | ||||||
12 | situation; or | ||||||
13 | (6) alter its current policies on access to public | ||||||
14 | restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar | ||||||
15 | places.
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16 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 34-18.82. School restroom access. | ||||||
18 | (a) In this Section, "biological sex" means the physical | ||||||
19 | condition of being male or female, as determined by a person's | ||||||
20 | chromosomes, assigned at birth. | ||||||
21 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the school | ||||||
22 | district may regulate and restrict access to public restrooms, | ||||||
23 | locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places on the | ||||||
24 | basis of biological sex and may adopt a policy that provides | ||||||
25 | for gender neutral or alternative facilities for students, |
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1 | staff, and members of the public, as the school district deems | ||||||
2 | appropriate. | ||||||
3 | (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to in any | ||||||
4 | way require the school district to: | ||||||
5 | (1) adopt a policy that restricts or regulates access | ||||||
6 | to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and | ||||||
7 | other similar places on the basis of biological sex; | ||||||
8 | (2) adopt a policy that includes the facilitation of | ||||||
9 | gender neutral or alternative facilities for students, | ||||||
10 | staff, and members of the public; | ||||||
11 | (3) limit access by a minor accompanied by an adult | ||||||
12 | guardian of the opposite sex into a specified facility | ||||||
13 | appropriate for the adult guardian; | ||||||
14 | (4) prohibit a person with disabilities from using a | ||||||
15 | specified facility appropriate to the biological sex of | ||||||
16 | either the disabled person or of an adult caretaker | ||||||
17 | providing assistance; | ||||||
18 | (5) prohibit access to these facilities by custodial | ||||||
19 | staff, school staff, or other persons in an emergency | ||||||
20 | situation; or | ||||||
21 | (6) alter its current policies on access to public | ||||||
22 | restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar | ||||||
23 | places.
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