101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0922
 
Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.63
105 ILCS 5/34-18.56

     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.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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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.