Bill Text: IL SB2148 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that promotes, sponsors, regulates, or in any manner provides for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within the State may not adopt or maintain in effect any bylaw, rule, regulation, or policy which does not allow equal access for participation in interscholastic athletics or athletic competitions by a student based upon whether the student attends a public school, nonpublic school, or home school if the association or other entity receives any membership or other dues or fees from the governing body of any public elementary or public secondary school in the State. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2148 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2148-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2148 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Terri Bryant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 25/1.25 new
Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that promotes, sponsors, regulates, or in any manner provides for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within the State may not adopt or maintain in effect any bylaw, rule, regulation, or policy which does not allow equal access for participation in interscholastic athletics or athletic competitions by a student based upon whether the student attends a public school, nonpublic school, or home school if the association or other entity receives any membership or other dues or fees from the governing body of any public elementary or public secondary school in the State. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
SB2148 LRB103 27391 RJT 53763 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act
is amended by adding Section 1.25 as follows:
(105 ILCS 25/1.25 new)
Sec. 1.25. Equal participation in events. An association
or other entity that promotes, sponsors, regulates, or in any
manner provides for interscholastic athletics or any form of
athletic competition among schools and students within this
State may not adopt or maintain in effect any bylaw, rule,
regulation, or policy which does not allow equal access for
participation in interscholastic athletics or athletic
competitions by a student based upon whether the student
attends a public school, nonpublic school, or home school if
the association or other entity receives any membership or
other dues or fees from the governing body of any public
elementary or public secondary school in this State.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.