Sen. Karina Villa

Filed: 5/5/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3093

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3093 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Equitable Restrooms Act is amended by
5changing Section 20 and by adding Section 30 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 35/20)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3751-20)
7    Sec. 20. Application. Except for Section 25 and Section
830, this Act applies only to places of public accommodation
9that commence construction, or that commence alterations
10exceeding 50% of the entire place of public accommodation,
11after the effective date of this Act.
12(Source: P.A. 101-165, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
13    (410 ILCS 35/30 new)
14    Sec. 30. Menstrual hygiene products in public restrooms.
15    (a) The General Assembly finds that:

 

 

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1        (1) menstrual hygiene products are a health care
2    necessity and not an item that can be forgone or
3    substituted easily; and
4        (2) access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious
5    and ongoing need in this State.
6    (b) As used in this Section:
7    "Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
8napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
9    "Public restroom" means any public toilet facility that is
10available without preference to any specific gender or any
11public toilet facility that is available only to women.
12"Public restroom" does not include any public toilet facility
13in a mosque, temple, church, and other places of worship if the
14provision of menstrual hygiene products would conflict with
15the entity's sincerely held religious beliefs, practices, or
16observances.
17    (c) This Section applies to any existing or future public
18buildings, as that term is defined in Section 18.
19    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner
20of a public restroom shall make available and accessible in
21that public restroom menstrual hygiene products at no cost and
22shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing
23the supply of those products in that restroom. This subsection
24does not apply to the Department of Natural Resources, which,
25subject to appropriation, may establish a pilot program to
26make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to the

 

 

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1public, in each public restroom that is equipped with flush
2toilets and serviced daily at 5 State parks under the
3jurisdiction and control of the Department of Natural
4Resources.
5    (e) During any inspection of a public building by a health
6officer or health inspector, the health officer or health
7inspector may inspect the public building to determine whether
8it complies with this Section.
9    (f) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules to
10implement this Section.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.".