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IL HB 1209 (2025)IL HB 4531 (2024)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1209 Introduced , by Rep. David Friess SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 5 ILCS 70/1.46 new 5 ILCS 70/1.47 new 5 ILCS 70/1.48 new 5 ILCS 70/1.49 new Creates the Classification by Biological Sex Act. Sets forth findings. Provides that any public school or school district and any State or local agency, department, or office that collects vital statistics for the purpose of complying with antidiscrimination laws or for the purpose of gathering public health, crime, economic, or other data shall classify each individual who is part of the collected data set as either male or female at birth. Amends the Statute on Statutes. Sets forth the meaning…GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4531 Introduced , by Rep. David Friess SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 5 ILCS 70/1.45 new 5 ILCS 70/1.46 new 5 ILCS 70/1.47 new 5 ILCS 70/1.48 new Creates the Classification by Biological Sex Act. Sets forth findings. Provides that any public school or school district and any State, local agency, department or office that collects vital statistics for the purpose of complying with antidiscrimination laws or for the purpose of gathering accurate public health, crime, economic, or other data shall classify each individual who is part of the collected data set as either male or female at birth. Amends the Statute on Statutes. Sets forth the me…
b 1 AN ACT concerning sex-based classification. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5Classification by Biological Sex Act. 6 Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: 7 (1) When it comes to biological sex, "equal" not does 8 not mean "same" or "identicalb 1 AN ACT concerning sex-based classification. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5Classification by Biological Sex Act. 6 Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: 7 (1) When it comes to biological sex, "equal" not does 8 not mean "same" or "identical
sexes are subject to intermediate constitutional scrutiny, 11 which forbids unfair discrimination against similarly 12 situated males and females, but allows the law to 13 distinguish between the sexes if doing so is substantially 14 related to important governmental objectivessexes are subject to intermediate 19 constitutional scrutiny, which forbids unfair 20 discrimination against similarly situated males and 21 females, but allows the law to distinguish between the 22 biological sexes if doing so is substantially related to 23 important governmental objectives
Section 10. Data classification. Any public school or 16school district and any State or local agency, department, or 17office that collects vital statistics for the purpose of 18complying with antidiscrimination laws or for the purpose of 19gathering public health, crime, economic, or other data shall 20classify each individual who is part of the collected data set 21as either male or female at birthSection 10. Data classification. Any public school or 2school district and any State, local agency, department or 3office that collects vital statistics for the purpose of 4complying with antidiscrimination laws or for the purpose of 5gathering accurate public health, crime, economic, or other 6data shall classify each individual who is part of the 7collected data set as either male or female at birth
Section 15. The Statute on Statutes is amended by adding 2Sections 1.46, 1.47, 1.48, and 1.49 as follows: 3 (5 ILCS 70/1.46 new) 4 Sec. 1.46. Biological sex. Notwithstanding any other 5provision of law, in determining the meaning of any statute or 6any rule or regulation, a person's sex isSection 15. The Statute on Statutes is amended by adding 9Sections 1.45, 1.46, 1.47, and 1.48 as follows: 10 (5 ILCS 70/1.45 new) 11 Sec. 1.45. Biological sex. Notwithstanding any other 12provision of law, in determining the meaning of any statute or 13any rule or regulation, a person's sex is
either male or 7female, as classified at birth. 8 (5 ILCS 70/1.47 new) 9 Sec. 1.47. Female or male. Notwithstanding any other 10provision of law, in determining the meaning of any statute or 11any rule or regulation, a female is an individual whose 12biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova, 13and a male is an individual whose biological reproductive 14system is developed to fertilize the ova of a femaleeither male or female, as classified at birth. 15 (5 ILCS 70/1.46 new) 16 Sec. 1.46. Female or male. Notwithstanding any other 17provision of law, in determining the meaning of any statute or 18any rule or regulation, a female is an individual whose 19biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova, 20and a male is an individual whose biological reproductive 21system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female
ILCS 70/1.48 new) 16 Sec. 1.48. Woman and girl; man and boy. Notwithstanding 17any other provision of law, in determining the meaning of any 18statute or any rule or regulation, the terms "woman" and 19"girl" refer to a human female, and the terms "man" and "boy" 20refer to a human maleILCS 70/1.47 new) 2 Sec. 1.47. Woman and girl; man and boy. Notwithstanding 3any other provision of law, in determining the meaning of any 4statute or any rule or regulation, the terms "woman" and 5"girl" refer to a human female, and the terms "man" and "boy" 6refer to a human male