Rep. Barbara Hernandez
Filed: 3/1/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 156 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 156 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing 
5Sections 10-20.63 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.
 
 
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1        (4) When students have access to quality feminine 
2    hygiene products, they are able to continue with their 
3    daily lives with minimal interruption.
4    (b)  In this Section:
5    "Feminine hygiene products" means tampons, and sanitary 
6napkins, and feminine wipes for use in connection with the 
7menstrual cycle.
8    "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or 
9leased by a school district or over which the school board has 
10care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public 
11school serving students in grades 6 through 12.
12    (c)  A school district shall make feminine hygiene products 
13available, at no cost to students, in the bathrooms of school 
14buildings. 

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

16(Source: P.A. 100-163, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
 

17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
18becoming law.".