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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3035 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Reducing the Risk of Skin Cancer and Excessive UV Exposure in Children Act. Provides that beginning with the 2026 through 2027 school year, a school district may incorporate in its curriculum a unit in grades kindergarten through 2, 3 through 5, 6 through 8, and 9 through 12 instruction on skin cancer prevention that is provided in an age appropriate manner. Provides that for grades 6 through 12, the curriculum shall include: (1) the basic facts about skin cancer, including, but not limited to, the negative impact of human exposure to ultraviolet radiation obtained through sunburns and indoor tanning; and (2) a comprehensive set of strategies and behaviors to reduce the risk of contracting skin cancer, including, but not limited to, the use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing. Provides that for grades kindergarten through 5, the topics shall include the use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing. Effective immediately. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Reducing the Risk of Skin Cancer and |
| 5 | | Excessive UV Exposure in Children Act is amended by changing |
| 6 | | Section 20 as follows:
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| 7 | | (410 ILCS 270/20) |
| 8 | | Sec. 20. Sun-safe education. Beginning with the 2026-2027 |
| 9 | | 2019-2020 school year, a school district may incorporate in |
| 10 | | its curriculum a unit in grades kindergarten through 2, 3 |
| 11 | | through 5, 6 through 8, and 9 through 12 of instruction on skin |
| 12 | | cancer prevention that is provided in an age appropriate |
| 13 | | manner. For grades 6 through 12, the curriculum shall include |
| 14 | | all the components listed in paragraphs (1) and (2). The |
| 15 | | curriculum shall include and that includes, but is not limited |
| 16 | | to, the following components: |
| 17 | | (1) the basic facts about skin cancer, including, but |
| 18 | | not limited to, the negative impact of human exposure to |
| 19 | | ultraviolet radiation obtained through sunburns and indoor |
| 20 | | tanning; and |
| 21 | | (2) a comprehensive set of strategies and behaviors to |
| 22 | | reduce the risk of contracting skin cancer, including, but |
| 23 | | not limited to, the use of sunscreen and sun-protective |