104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1277 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81105 ILCS 5/34-18.75 Amends the School Code. Requires each school district that serves pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 and that issues an identification card to pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 to provide contact information for the National Domestic Violence Hotline on the identification card. Requires the contact information to be included in the school's student handbook and the student planner, if applicable. LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1277 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81105 ILCS 5/34-18.75 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81 105 ILCS 5/34-18.75 Amends the School Code. Requires each school district that serves pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 and that issues an identification card to pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 to provide contact information for the National Domestic Violence Hotline on the identification card. Requires the contact information to be included in the school's student handbook and the student planner, if applicable. LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1277 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81105 ILCS 5/34-18.75 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81 105 ILCS 5/34-18.75 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81 105 ILCS 5/34-18.75 Amends the School Code. Requires each school district that serves pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 and that issues an identification card to pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 to provide contact information for the National Domestic Violence Hotline on the identification card. Requires the contact information to be included in the school's student handbook and the student planner, if applicable. LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB1277LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b HB1277 LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b HB1277 LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections 5 10-20.81 and 34-18.75 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.81) 7 Sec. 10-20.81. Identification cards; suicide prevention 8 and domestic violence information. 9 (a) Each school district that serves pupils in any of 10 grades 6 through 12 and that issues an identification card to 11 pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 shall provide contact 12 information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 13 (988), the Crisis Text Line, and the Safe2Help Illinois 14 helpline on the identification card. The contact information 15 shall identify each helpline that may be contacted through 16 text messaging. The contact information shall be included in 17 the school's student handbook and also the student planner if 18 a student planner is custom printed by the school for 19 distribution to pupils in any of grades 6 through 12. 20 (b) Each school district that serves pupils in any of 21 grades 6 through 12 and that issues an identification card to 22 pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 shall provide contact 23 information for the National Domestic Violence Hotline on the 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1277 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81105 ILCS 5/34-18.75 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81 105 ILCS 5/34-18.75 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81 105 ILCS 5/34-18.75 Amends the School Code. Requires each school district that serves pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 and that issues an identification card to pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 to provide contact information for the National Domestic Violence Hotline on the identification card. Requires the contact information to be included in the school's student handbook and the student planner, if applicable. LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81 105 ILCS 5/34-18.75 LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY HB1277 LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b HB1277- 2 -LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b HB1277 - 2 - LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b HB1277 - 2 - LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b 1 identification card, which shall include both the telephone 2 number and the text message number of the hotline. The contact 3 information shall be included in the school's student handbook 4 and the student planner if a student planner is custom printed 5 by the school for distribution to pupils in any grades 6 6 through 12. 7 (Source: P.A. 102-416, eff. 7-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 8 103-143, eff. 7-1-23.) 9 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.75) 10 Sec. 34-18.75. Identification cards; suicide prevention 11 and domestic violence information. 12 (a) If the school district issues an identification card 13 to pupils in any of grades 6 through 12, the district shall 14 provide contact information for the National Suicide 15 Prevention Lifeline (988), the Crisis Text Line, and the 16 Safe2Help Illinois helpline on the identification card. The 17 contact information shall identify each helpline that may be 18 contacted through text messaging. The contact information 19 shall be included in the school's student handbook and also 20 the student planner if a student planner is custom printed by 21 the school for distribution to pupils in any of grades 6 22 through 12. 23 (b) If the school district issues an identification card 24 to pupils in any of grades 6 through 12, the district shall 25 provide contact information for the National Domestic Violence HB1277 - 2 - LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b HB1277- 3 -LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b HB1277 - 3 - LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b HB1277 - 3 - LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b HB1277 - 3 - LRB104 06166 LNS 16200 b