---
type: "Bill"
title: "DESIGNATIONS-STATE THEATRE"
description: "Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that Theatre in the Park is the Official State Theatre of Illinois (currently, the Great American People Show)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 4986"
citation: "Illinois HB 4986 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sally J. Turner", "Tim Butler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c95e8409-4046-484a-bdd8-db33b9beda24"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4986&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=139453&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "79b13117f55e886cafed67848271427b7cd647d55b40af5cc19abbdc4c87412c"
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 4986 (102nd) — DESIGNATIONS-STATE THEATRE

Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that Theatre in the Park is the Official State Theatre of Illinois (currently, the Great American People Show).

## 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/10200HB4986.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4986eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4986enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sally J. Turner — primary (person)
- Tim Butler — primary (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tim Butler `filing`
- **2022-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Do Pass / Consent Calendar State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 104-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
- **2022-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Do Pass State Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2022-03-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2022-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 053-002-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-03-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2022-04-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-05-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0789 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c95e8409-4046-484a-bdd8-db33b9beda24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).