Bill Text: IL HB0922 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed


Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall make feminine hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in each bathroom of every school building (rather than in bathrooms of school buildings). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley [HB0922 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0922-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
510-20.63 and 34-18.56 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.63)
7 Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of feminine hygiene products.
8 (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
9 (1) Feminine hygiene products are a health care
10 necessity and not an item that can be foregone or
11 substituted easily.
12 (2) Access to feminine hygiene products is a serious
13 and ongoing need in this State.
14 (3) When students do not have access to affordable
15 feminine hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of
16 school every month.
17 (4) When students have access to quality feminine
18 hygiene products, they are able to continue with their
19 daily lives with minimal interruption.
20 (b) In this Section:
21 "Feminine hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
22napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
23 "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or

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1leased by a school district or over which the school board has
2care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public
3school serving students in grades 6 through 12.
4 (c) A school district shall make feminine hygiene products
5available, at no cost to students, in each bathroom of every
6school building the bathrooms of school buildings.
7(Source: P.A. 100-163, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
8 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.56)
9 Sec. 34-18.56. Availability of feminine hygiene products.
10 (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
11 (1) Feminine hygiene products are a health care
12 necessity and not an item that can be foregone or
13 substituted easily.
14 (2) Access to feminine hygiene products is a serious
15 and ongoing need in this State.
16 (3) When students do not have access to affordable
17 feminine hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of
18 school every month.
19 (4) When students have access to quality feminine
20 hygiene products, they are able to continue with their
21 daily lives with minimal interruption.
22 (b) In this Section:
23 "Feminine hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
24napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
25 "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or

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1leased by the school district or over which the board has care,
2custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public school
3serving students in grades 6 through 12.
4 (c) The school district shall make feminine hygiene
5products available, at no cost to students, in each bathroom of
6every school building the bathrooms of school buildings.
7(Source: P.A. 100-163, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.
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