Bill Amendment: IL HB1237 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: SCH CD-PROHIBIT NATIVE AM NAME

Status: 2025-07-10 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam [HB1237 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1237-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Maurice A. West, II

Filed: 3/12/2025

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1237
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1237 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
10-20.88 and 34-18.88 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new)
Sec. 10-20.88. Native name, logo, or mascot.
(a) As used in this Section, "native name, logo, or
mascot" means a team name, including:
(1) the name of a federally recognized tribe;
(2) a historical Native American person or tribal
group;
(3) Redskins, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Tribe,
Indians, or any synonymous term, logo, or mascot depicting
Native Americans;
(4) a feathered headdress;

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(5) a tomahawk;
(6) an arrowhead; or
(7) a spear, arrow, or other weapon if in combination
with a feather or feathers.
(b) A school board shall prohibit a school from using a
native name, logo, or mascot, except as provided in
subsections (c) and (d).
(c) A school may continue to use uniforms or other
materials bearing a native name, logo, or mascot that were
purchased on or before the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 104th General Assembly until September 1, 2028 if
all the following requirements are met:
(1) The school selects a new school or athletic team
name, logo, or mascot that does not violate the
prohibition under subsection (b).
(2) The school refrains from purchasing, acquiring, or
using resources for the purpose of distribution or sale to
pupils or school employees any uniform that includes or
bears the prohibited school or athletic team name, logo,
or mascot.
(3) The school refrains from purchasing, acquiring, or
using resources for the purpose of distribution or sale to
pupils or school employees any yearbook, newspaper,
program, or other tangible material that includes or bears
the prohibited school or athletic team name, logo, or
mascot in the logo or title of the yearbook, newspaper,

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program, or other tangible material.
(4) If a school facility bears the prohibited school
or athletic team name, logo, or mascot, the school removes
the prohibited name, logo, or mascot no later than the
next time that part of the facility where the name, logo,
or mascot is located is remodeled or replaced in the
normal course of maintenance and the school refrains from
purchasing or constructing a marquee, sign, or other new
or replacement fixture that includes or bears the
prohibited school or athletic team name, logo, or mascot.
(d) For any school whose team name is the name of a
federally recognized tribe or historical Native American
person, the school may continue to use its current team name
and an agreed upon logo and mascot on and after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly if
all of the following conditions are met:
(1) Written consent must be obtained from the elected
legislative body of the same federally recognized tribe as
the team name or the federally recognized tribe from which
the historical Native American person was a member,
indicating support for the name, logo, and mascot.
(2) The written consent shall include a description of
the partnership with this federally recognized tribe to
provide deep, meaningful, and substantive learning
opportunities, as well as school policies that ensure
blatant, stereotypical, Native American names, slurs,

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imagery, or caricatures or fake Native American behaviors
are not allowed in learning environments.
(3) The school or its grantors, such as a booster
club, parent-teacher organization, or local school
council, do not offer or accept any money, consideration,
or thing of value in exchange for the written consent.
(4) The written consent must be renewed every 5 years.
The federally recognized tribe shall have the right and
ability to revoke the written consent at any time at its
discretion. If either party wishes to terminate the
agreement, the school has one year from the date of
termination to discontinue its use of the native name,
logo, or mascot.
(e) Nothing in this Section may be interpreted to prohibit
county, municipality, or school district names.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new)
Sec. 34-18.88. Native name, logo, or mascot.
(a) As used in this Section, "native name, logo, or
mascot" means a team name, including:
(1) the name of a federally recognized tribe;
(2) a historical Native American person or tribal
group;
(3) Redskins, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Tribe,
Indians, or any synonymous term, logo, or mascot depicting
Native Americans;

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(4) a feathered headdress;
(5) a tomahawk;
(6) an arrowhead; or
(7) a spear, arrow, or other weapon if in combination
with a feather or feathers.
(b) The board shall prohibit a school from using a native
name, logo, or mascot, except as provided in subsections (c)
and (d).
(c) A school may continue to use uniforms or other
materials bearing a native name, logo, or mascot that were
purchased on or before the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 104th General Assembly until September 1, 2028 if
all the following requirements are met:
(1) The school selects a new school or athletic team
name, logo, or mascot that does not violate the
prohibition under subsection (b).
(2) The school refrains from purchasing, acquiring, or
using resources for the purpose of distribution or sale to
pupils or school employees any uniform that includes or
bears the prohibited school or athletic team name, logo,
or mascot.
(3) The school refrains from purchasing, acquiring, or
using resources for the purpose of distribution or sale to
pupils or school employees any yearbook, newspaper,
program, or other tangible material that includes or bears
the prohibited school or athletic team name, logo, or

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mascot in the logo or title of the yearbook, newspaper,
program, or other tangible material.
(4) If a school facility bears the prohibited school
or athletic team name, logo, or mascot, the school removes
the prohibited name, logo, or mascot no later than the
next time that part of the facility where the name, logo,
or mascot is located is remodeled or replaced in the
normal course of maintenance and the school refrains from
purchasing or constructing a marquee, sign, or other new
or replacement fixture that includes or bears the
prohibited school or athletic team name, logo, or mascot.
(d) For any school whose team name is the name of a
federally recognized tribe or historical Native American
person, the school may continue to use its current team name
and an agreed upon logo and mascot on and after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly if
all of the following conditions are met:
(1) Written consent must be obtained from the elected
legislative body of the same federally recognized tribe as
the team name or the federally recognized tribe from which
the historical Native American person was a member,
indicating support for the name, logo, and mascot.
(2) The written consent shall include a description of
the partnership with this federally recognized tribe to
provide deep, meaningful, and substantive learning
opportunities, as well as school policies that ensure

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blatant, stereotypical, Native American names, slurs,
imagery, or caricatures or fake Native American behaviors
are not allowed in learning environments.
(3) The school or its grantors, such as a booster
club, parent-teacher organization, or local school
council, do not offer or accept any money, consideration,
or thing of value in exchange for the written consent.
(4) The written consent must be renewed every 5 years.
The federally recognized tribe shall have the right and
ability to revoke the written consent at any time at its
discretion. If either party wishes to terminate the
agreement, the school has one year from the date of
termination to discontinue its use of the native name,
logo, or mascot.
(e) Nothing in this Section may be interpreted to prohibit
county, municipality, or school district names.".