Illinois House Bill 3636

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 17 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to provide for a program by which both halal and kosher food options are offered in public school cafeterias by request. Provides further requirements concerning the provision of halal and kosher food in public schools. Amends the Halal Food Act. Defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any State-owned or State-operated facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale also shall offer, upon request provided with reasonable notice, halal food options at the State-owned or State-operated facility. Provides that any halal food product offered shall be certified as halal by a State-approved organization or purchased from a State-approved halal-certified vendor. Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor shall be subject to penalties under the Act. Provides for the adoption of rules. Provides that the amendatory provisions shall not infringe upon or affect any obligation in a contract entered into and in effect on or before the amendatory Act's effective date. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food options at State facilities, defines "kosher", and provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food services is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Effective June 1, 2025.

KOSHER & HALAL FOODS

Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Rep. Janet Yang Rohr [D]	Rep. Nabeela Syed [D]	Rep. Bob Morgan [D]
Rep. Emanuel Welch [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-22	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-22	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
2023-03-10	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-08	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 006-003-000
2023-03-02	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
2023-03-02	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
2023-03-02	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
2023-02-17	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-17	House	First Reading
2023-02-17	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-20.85	New Code	See Bill Text
105	5	34-18.82	New Code	See Bill Text
410	637	25	New Code	See Bill Text
410	645	1.5	New Code	See Bill Text
410	645	2	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3636&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB3636.htm