104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3869 Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (rather than shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3869 Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca 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. Provides that a school district may (rather than shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3869 Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63 105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63 105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (rather than shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b A BILL FOR HB3869LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b HB3869 LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b HB3869 LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 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 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.63) 7 Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of menstrual hygiene products. 8 (a) The General Assembly finds the following: 9 (1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care 10 necessity and not an item that can be foregone or 11 substituted easily. 12 (2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious 13 and ongoing need in this State. 14 (3) When students do not have access to affordable 15 menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of 16 school every month. 17 (4) When students have access to quality menstrual 18 hygiene products, they are able to continue with their 19 daily lives with minimal interruption. 20 (b) In this Section: 21 "Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary 22 napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle. 23 "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3869 Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63 105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63 105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (rather than shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b A BILL FOR 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63 105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b HB3869 LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b HB3869- 2 -LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b HB3869 - 2 - LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b HB3869 - 2 - LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b 1 leased by a school district or over which the school board has 2 care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public 3 school serving students in grades 6 through 12. 4 (c) A school district may shall make menstrual hygiene 5 products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of 6 every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 7 through 12 during the regular school day. 8 (Source: P.A. 102-340, eff. 8-13-21.) 9 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.56) 10 Sec. 34-18.56. Availability of menstrual hygiene products. 11 (a) The General Assembly finds the following: 12 (1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care 13 necessity and not an item that can be foregone or 14 substituted easily. 15 (2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious 16 and ongoing need in this State. 17 (3) When students do not have access to affordable 18 menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of 19 school every month. 20 (4) When students have access to quality menstrual 21 hygiene products, they are able to continue with their 22 daily lives with minimal interruption. 23 (b) In this Section: 24 "Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary 25 napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle. HB3869 - 2 - LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b HB3869- 3 -LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b HB3869 - 3 - LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b HB3869 - 3 - LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b 1 "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or 2 leased by the school district or over which the board has care, 3 custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public school 4 serving students in grades 6 through 12. 5 (c) The school district may shall make menstrual hygiene 6 products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of 7 every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 8 through 12 during the regular school day. 9 (Source: P.A. 102-340, eff. 8-13-21.) HB3869 - 3 - LRB104 10957 LNS 21039 b