Votes: IL HB1237 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit a school from using a native name, logo, or mascot. Provides, however, that 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 the amendatory Act until September 1, 2028 if specified requirements are met. Provides that 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 the amendatory Act if certain conditions are met. Provides that nothing in the provisions may be interpreted to prohibit county, municipality, or school district names.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 36)

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

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Voting Records

ChamberVoteDateYeaNayNVAbsTotalResultSourceView
HouseThird Reading in House2025-04-10714040115PassedLinkView
HouseMotion in House2025-04-10703870115PassedLinkView


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