103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4531

 

Introduced 1/31/2024, by Rep. David Friess, Dan Caulkins, Blaine Wilhour and Adam M. Niemerg

 

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 meaning of the following terms as used in any statute or any rule or regulation: a person's sex; female and male; woman and girl; man and boy; and mother and father.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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".
9        (2) When it comes to biological sex, separate is not
10    inherently unequal.
11        (3) There are legitimate reasons to distinguish
12    between the biological sexes with respect to athletics,
13    prisons or other detention facilities, domestic violence
14    shelters, rape crisis centers, locker rooms, restrooms,
15    and other areas where biology, safety, or privacy are
16    implicated.
17        (4) Policies and laws that distinguish between the
18    biological sexes 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.
 

 

 

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1    Section 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.
 
8    Section 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 his or her biological
14sex, either 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.
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 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.
 
7    (5 ILCS 70/1.48 new)
8    Sec. 1.48. Mother or father. Notwithstanding any other
9provision of law, in determining the meaning of any statute or
10any rule or regulation, a mother is a parent of the female
11biological sex, and a father is a parent of the male biological
12sex.