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+type: "Bill"
+title: "MUNI CD-CEMETERIES"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may establish a scattering garden in a municipal cemetery for the purpose of scattering cremated remains."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "93rd"
+identifier: "HB 4779"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4779 (93rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2004-02-04"
+last_action: "2004-07-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/584d601b-d4b7-426a-a033-e3acd2240a45"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4779&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=9405&SessionID=3&GA=93"
+source_hash: "ad7186dd80c6952b7011afbbcc5f63f8a4a88c4d5de435ee00b2fad5232db6dc"
+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 4779 (93rd) — MUNI CD-CEMETERIES
+
+Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may establish a scattering garden in a municipal cemetery for the purpose of scattering cremated remains.
+
+## 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=09300HB4779&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9405&DocNum=4779&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4779eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9405&DocNum=4779&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4779enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9405&DocNum=4779&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2004-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
+- **2004-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2004-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2004-02-26** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2004-02-26** Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `withdrawal`
+- **2004-03-02** Motion Filed Rep. Donald L. Moffitt; Take from Table
+- **2004-03-02** Motion Prevailed
+- **2004-03-02** Return to Local Government Committee
+- **2004-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2004-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2004-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 022-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2004-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2004-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2004-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2004-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2004-03-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2004 `reading-1`
+- **2004-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
+- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2004-04-15** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2004-04-21** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2004-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2004
+- **2004-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2004
+- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
+- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2004-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2004-07-16** Effective Date January 1, 2005
+- **2004-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0757 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/584d601b-d4b7-426a-a033-e3acd2240a45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+