Bill Text: IL HB4083 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Prohibits the State Board of Education, school districts, and elementary and secondary schools from requiring the teachers, other staff, or students of a school to wear a face mask due to the COVID-19 public health emergency disaster declared by the Governor pursuant to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4083 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4083-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 22-91 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/22-91 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 22-91. COVID-19 mask mandate prohibition. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Notwithstanding any rule or other provision of law to the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | contrary, the State Board of Education, school districts, and | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | elementary and secondary schools are prohibited from requiring | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the teachers, other staff, or students of a school to wear a | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | face mask due to the COVID-19 public health emergency disaster | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | declared by the Governor pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Emergency Management Agency Act.
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | becoming law.
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