---
type: "Bill"
title: "ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION DAY"
description: "Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that August 26 of each year is designated as Illinois Constitution Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day to commemorate August 26, 1818 as the day Illinois ratified its first State Constitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 2834"
citation: "Illinois HB 2834 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sally J. Turner", "Tim Butler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df383445-1376-4ed2-8648-8e63ca64b9f8"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2834&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=131716&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "cbe89ef262626078ae19c7ac9598c47792e0ca008c0cc85d543e99f3e72e7832"
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 2834 (102nd) — ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION DAY

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that August 26 of each year is designated as Illinois Constitution Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day to commemorate August 26, 1818 as the day Illinois ratified its first State Constitution.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2834.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2834eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2834enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sally J. Turner — primary (person)
- Tim Butler — primary (person)
- Adam Niemerg — cosponsor (person)
- John Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tim Butler `filing`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Do Pass / Consent Calendar State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2021-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Niemerg
- **2021-04-15** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 27, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
- **2021-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0447 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df383445-1376-4ed2-8648-8e63ca64b9f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).