Text of IL HB 2915 (2025)

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2915 Introduced , by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski 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 abide by the following: if an athletic team or sport is designated as being female, it 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. LRB104 12046 LNS 22141 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB2915LRB104 12046 LNS 22141 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act 5is amended by adding Section 1.30 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 25/1.30 new) 7 Sec. 1.30. Designation of team or sport based on 8biological sex. 9 (a) Any athletic team or sport that is under the 10jurisdiction of an association or other entity that has as one 11of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any 12manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of 13athletic competition among schools and students within this 14State must abide by the following: if an athletic team or sport 15is designated as being female, it is available only to 16participants who are female, based on their biological sex. 17 (b) Once each school year and before allowing a student to 18participate on an athletic team or sport, the school district 19or nonpublic school that the student attends shall obtain a 20written statement verifying all of the following: 21 (1) The student's age. 22 (2) The student's biological sex, as ascertained at or 23 before birth in accordance with the student's genetics and HB2915- 2 -LRB104 12046 LNS 22141 b 1 reproductive biology. 2 (3) That the student is not taking and has not taken 3 during the preceding 12 months any performance enhancing 4 drugs, including anabolic steroids. 5 The statement must be signed by the student's parent or 6guardian if the student is under the age of 18 years or by the 7student if the student is 18 years of age or older. 8 (c) If the school district or nonpublic school that the 9student attends has reasonable cause to believe that any 10information provided in accordance with this Section is false 11or misleading, the school district or nonpublic school may 12remove the student from any sport or athletic team and 13prohibit the student's participation in any sport or on any 14athletic team for the duration of the school year. 15 (d) A governmental entity or an association or other 16entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, 17regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic 18athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools 19and students within this State may not entertain a complaint, 20open an investigation, or take any adverse action against a 21school district or nonpublic school for maintaining athletic 22teams or sports in accordance with this Section.