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Illinois House Bill HB1201

Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1201 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 Amends the School Code. Specifies that menstrual hygiene products shall be made available in all bathrooms (rather than in bathrooms) of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Provides that the school employee or third-party contractor who is responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school bathrooms shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of menstrual hygiene products in the bathrooms. Effective immediately. LRB103 24829 RJT 51160 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1201 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63 105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 Amends the School Code. Specifies that menstrual hygiene products shall be made available in all bathrooms (rather than in bathrooms) of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Provides that the school employee or third-party contractor who is responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school bathrooms shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of menstrual hygiene products in the bathrooms. Effective immediately. LRB103 24829 RJT 51160 b LRB103 24829 RJT 51160 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
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66 Amends the School Code. Specifies that menstrual hygiene products shall be made available in all bathrooms (rather than in bathrooms) of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Provides that the school employee or third-party contractor who is responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school bathrooms shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of menstrual hygiene products in the bathrooms. Effective immediately.
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1414 1 AN ACT concerning education.
1515 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1616 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1717 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
1818 5 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 as follows:
1919 6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.63)
2020 7 Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of menstrual hygiene products.
2121 8 (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
2222 9 (1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care
2323 10 necessity and not an item that can be foregone or
2424 11 substituted easily.
2525 12 (2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious
2626 13 and ongoing need in this State.
2727 14 (3) When students do not have access to affordable
2828 15 menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of
2929 16 school every month.
3030 17 (4) When students have access to quality menstrual
3131 18 hygiene products, they are able to continue with their
3232 19 daily lives with minimal interruption.
3333 20 (b) In this Section:
3434 21 "Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
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3636 23 "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or
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4444 Amends the School Code. Specifies that menstrual hygiene products shall be made available in all bathrooms (rather than in bathrooms) of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Provides that the school employee or third-party contractor who is responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school bathrooms shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of menstrual hygiene products in the bathrooms. Effective immediately.
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7979 1 leased by a school district or over which the school board has
8080 2 care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public
8181 3 school serving students in grades 6 through 12.
8282 4 (c) A school district shall make menstrual hygiene
8383 5 products available, at no cost to students, in all bathrooms
8484 6 of every school building that are open for student use in
8585 7 grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day.
8686 8 (d) The school employee or third-party contractor who is
8787 9 responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the
8888 10 supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school bathrooms
8989 11 shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing
9090 12 the supply of menstrual hygiene products in bathrooms to meet
9191 13 the requirements of subsection (c).
9292 14 (Source: P.A. 102-340, eff. 8-13-21.)
9393 15 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.56)
9494 16 Sec. 34-18.56. Availability of menstrual hygiene products.
9595 17 (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
9696 18 (1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care
9797 19 necessity and not an item that can be foregone or
9898 20 substituted easily.
9999 21 (2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious
100100 22 and ongoing need in this State.
101101 23 (3) When students do not have access to affordable
102102 24 menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of
103103 25 school every month.
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114114 1 (4) When students have access to quality menstrual
115115 2 hygiene products, they are able to continue with their
116116 3 daily lives with minimal interruption.
117117 4 (b) In this Section:
118118 5 "Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
119119 6 napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
120120 7 "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or
121121 8 leased by the school district or over which the board has care,
122122 9 custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public school
123123 10 serving students in grades 6 through 12.
124124 11 (c) The school district shall make menstrual hygiene
125125 12 products available, at no cost to students, in all bathrooms
126126 13 of every school building that are open for student use in
127127 14 grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day.
128128 15 (d) The school employee or third-party contractor who is
129129 16 responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the
130130 17 supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school bathrooms
131131 18 shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing
132132 19 the supply of menstrual hygiene products in bathrooms to meet
133133 20 the requirements of subsection (c).
134134 21 (Source: P.A. 102-340, eff. 8-13-21.)
135135 22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
136136 23 becoming law.
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