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+type: "Bill"
+title: "EDUC-VET DAY-MOMENT OF SILENCE"
+description: "Amends the School Code, various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois, and the Public Community College Act. Provides that if a public school, university, or community college holds any type of event at the institution on November 11, Veterans' Day, the governing board of the institution shall require a moment of silence at that event to recognize Veterans' Day. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "HB 972"
+citation: "Illinois HB 972 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-10"
+last_action: "2009-07-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c949708-4100-4027-817b-445505829650"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=972&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42550&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "a3295905ed8c94fc3542bc7ecf2c3dc0c0f2d61eb4dc67058a870dca896c90c1"
+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 972 (96th) — EDUC-VET DAY-MOMENT OF SILENCE
+
+Amends the School Code, various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois, and the Public Community College Act. Provides that if a public school, university, or community college holds any type of event at the institution on November 11, Veterans' Day, the governing board of the institution shall require a moment of silence at that event to recognize Veterans' Day. Effective immediately.
+
+## 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=09600HB0972&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42550&DocNum=972&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0972eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42550&DocNum=972&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0972enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42550&DocNum=972&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia `filing`
+- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
+- **2009-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
+- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
+- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
+- **2009-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2009-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
+- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-22** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
+- **2009-04-22** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
+- **2009-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
+- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
+- **2009-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
+- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2009-07-27** Effective Date July 27, 2009
+- **2009-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0084 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c949708-4100-4027-817b-445505829650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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