Bill Text: IL HB1216 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that any athletic team or sport that is under the jurisdiction of an association or entity that provides for interscholastic athletics or athletic competition among schools and student must be expressly designated as (i) a male athletic team or sport, (ii) a female athletic team or sport, or (iii) a coeducational athletic team or sport. Provides that an athletic team or sport designated as being female is available only to participants who are female, based on their biological sex. Requires a school district or nonpublic school to obtain a written statement signed by a student's parent or guardian or the student verifying the student's age, biological sex, and that the student has not taken performance enhancing drugs; provides for a penalty for false or misleading statements. Prohibits a governmental entity or an association or entity that provides for interscholastic athletics or athletic competition among schools and students from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation, or taking any other adverse action against a school district or nonpublic school for maintaining athletic teams or sports in accordance with these provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1216 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1216-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1216 Introduced , by Rep. Adam M. Niemerg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 25/1.30 new
Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that any athletic team or sport that is under the jurisdiction of an association or entity that provides for interscholastic athletics or athletic competition among schools and student must be expressly designated as (i) a male athletic team or sport, (ii) a female athletic team or sport, or (iii) a coeducational athletic team or sport. Provides that an athletic team or sport designated as being female is available only to participants who are female, based on their biological sex. Requires a school district or nonpublic school to obtain a written statement signed by a student's parent or guardian or the student verifying the student's age, biological sex, and that the student has not taken performance enhancing drugs; provides for a penalty for false or misleading statements. Prohibits a governmental entity or an association or entity that provides for interscholastic athletics or athletic competition among schools and students from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation, or taking any other adverse action against a school district or nonpublic school for maintaining athletic teams or sports in accordance with these provisions.
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act
is amended by adding Section 1.30 as follows:
(105 ILCS 25/1.30 new)
Sec. 1.30. Designation of team or sport based on
biological sex.
(a) Any athletic team or sport that is under the
jurisdiction of an association or other entity that has as one
of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any
manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of
athletic competition among schools and students within this
State must be expressly designated as being:
(1) a male athletic team or sport;
(2) a female athletic team or sport; or
(3) a coeducational athletic team or sport.
(b) An athletic team or sport designated as being female
is available only to participants who are female, based on
their biological sex.
(c) Once each school year and before allowing a student to
participate on an athletic team or sport, the school district
or nonpublic school that the student attends shall obtain a

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