---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-FEMININE HYGIENE PRODCT"
description: "Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to make feminine hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in the bathrooms of school buildings. Provides that this requirement also applies to charter schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3215"
citation: "Illinois HB 3215 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 61
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/831fa8e6-c25c-484e-b49f-60a3d54e8a5c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3215&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104882&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "1ed49dd4eb421e35b4de46ef7d63a9c76f2d9bcdae4328df4c1c231e87cc5453"
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 3215 (100th) — SCH CD-FEMININE HYGIENE PRODCT

Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to make feminine hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in the bathrooms of school buildings. Provides that this requirement also applies to charter schools.

## 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=10000HB3215&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104882&DocNum=3215&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3215eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104882&DocNum=3215&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3215enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104882&DocNum=3215&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **64–51** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)
- Litesa E. Wallace — primary (person)
- Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Omar Aquino — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2017-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2017-03-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 011-006-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-22** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- **2017-03-23** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2017-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
- **2017-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2017-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
- **2017-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2017-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2017-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
- **2017-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2017-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2017-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2017-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2017-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2017-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2017-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 064-051-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
- **2017-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2017-05-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
- **2017-05-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2017-05-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2017-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2017-05-09** Do Pass Education; 010-000-001 `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** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2017-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2017-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 034-016-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2017-05-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2017-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2017-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2017-05-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0163 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/831fa8e6-c25c-484e-b49f-60a3d54e8a5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).