HB3093sam002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Karina Villa

Filed: 5/17/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3093

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3093 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Equitable Restrooms Act is amended by changing Section 20 and by adding Section 30 as follows:

(410 ILCS 35/20) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3751-20)

Sec. 20. Application. Except for Section 25 and Section 30, this Act applies only to places of public accommodation that commence construction, or that commence alterations exceeding 50% of the entire place of public accommodation, after the effective date of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 101-165, eff. 1-1-20.)

(410 ILCS 35/30 new)

Sec. 30. Menstrual hygiene products in public restrooms.

(a) The General Assembly finds that:

(1) menstrual hygiene products are a health care necessity and not an item that can be forgone or substituted easily; and

(2) access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious and ongoing need in this State.

(b) As used in this Section:

"Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.

"Public restroom" means any public toilet facility that is available without preference to any specific gender or any public toilet facility that is available only to women. "Public restroom" does not include any public toilet facility in a mosque, temple, church, and other places of worship if the provision of menstrual hygiene products would conflict with the entity's sincerely held religious beliefs, practices, or observances.

(c) This Section applies to any existing or future public buildings, as that term is defined in Section 18.

(d) In a public restroom owned and operated by the State or any county, the State or applicable county shall make available and accessible in that public restroom menstrual hygiene products at no cost and shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of those products in that restroom. This subsection does not apply to the Department of Natural Resources, which, subject to appropriation, may establish a pilot program to make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to the public, in each public restroom that is equipped with flush toilets and serviced daily at 5 State parks under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Natural Resources.

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