---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-BREASTFEEDING"
description: "Amends the School Code. Requires a public school, including a charter school, to provide reasonable accommodations to a lactating pupil on a school campus to express breast milk, breastfeed an infant child, or address other needs related to breastfeeding. Sets forth what reasonable accommodations include. Provides that (i) a lactating pupil on a school campus must be provided a reasonable amount of time to accommodate her need to express breast milk or breastfeed an infant child, (ii) a public school shall provide the reasonable accommodations only if there is at least one lactating pupil on the school campus, (iii) a public school may use an existing facility to meet the requirements, and (iv) a pupil may not incur an academic penalty as a result of her use, during the school day, of the reasonable accommodations and must be provided the opportunity to make up any work missed due to such use. Sets forth a complaint procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 2369"
citation: "Illinois HB 2369 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a75b351-f925-40e8-8e96-8f606f95be34"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2369&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103005&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "b08a248eb15003fbdb394d69baa1e0c99bf6fd33658cccdea3f625a6506e5c85"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 2369 (100th) — SCH CD-BREASTFEEDING

Amends the School Code. Requires a public school, including a charter school, to provide reasonable accommodations to a lactating pupil on a school campus to express breast milk, breastfeed an infant child, or address other needs related to breastfeeding. Sets forth what reasonable accommodations include. Provides that (i) a lactating pupil on a school campus must be provided a reasonable amount of time to accommodate her need to express breast milk or breastfeed an infant child, (ii) a public school shall provide the reasonable accommodations only if there is at least one lactating pupil on the school campus, (iii) a public school may use an existing facility to meet the requirements, and (iv) a pupil may not incur an academic penalty as a result of her use, during the school day, of the reasonable accommodations and must be provided the opportunity to make up any work missed due to such use. Sets forth a complaint procedure.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2369&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103005&DocNum=2369&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2369eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103005&DocNum=2369&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2369enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103005&DocNum=2369&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **103–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sonya M. Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper `filing`
- **2017-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- **2017-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
- **2017-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
- **2017-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
- **2017-03-23** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-23** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2017-03-27** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
- **2017-03-29** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-008-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2017-04-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2017-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2017
- **2017-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0029 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a75b351-f925-40e8-8e96-8f606f95be34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).