Public Act 102-0340
 
HB0156 EnrolledLRB102 04040 CMG 14056 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Sections 
10-20.63 and 34-18.56 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.63)
    Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of menstrual feminine hygiene 
products.
    (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
        (1) Menstrual Feminine hygiene products are a health 
    care necessity and not an item that can be foregone or 
    substituted easily.
        (2) Access to menstrual feminine hygiene products is a 
    serious and ongoing need in this State.
        (3) When students do not have access to affordable 
    menstrual feminine hygiene products, they may miss 
    multiple days of school every month.
        (4) When students have access to quality menstrual 
    feminine hygiene products, they are able to continue with 
    their daily lives with minimal interruption.
    (b)  In this Section:
    "Menstrual hygiene products" "Feminine hygiene products" 
means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with 
the menstrual cycle.
    "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or 
leased by a school district or over which the school board has 
care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public 
school serving students in grades 6 through 12.
    (c)  A school district shall make menstrual feminine 
hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in 
bathrooms of every school building that are open for student 
use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day the 
bathrooms of school buildings. 

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

(Source: P.A. 100-163, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  


Effective Date:  8/13/2021