---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMUNITY FOOD GARDENS"
description: "COMMUNITY FOOD GARDENS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 604"
citation: "Illinois HB 604 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcd20364-157b-477c-82ed-76ac80342c79"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "56e544668af69c157c183de684ff504e1b262dc6f6402a0bc1cd3b677b85fccb"
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 604 (90th) — COMMUNITY FOOD GARDENS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0604** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0604LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- CURRY,JULIE — cosponsor (person)
- FANTIN — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)
- PUGH — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,ART — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,L — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR TURNER,ART
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PUGH
- **1997-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HUMAN SERVS H
- **1997-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** LEAVE GRANTED TO
- **1997-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMEND AMENDMENT ON
- **1997-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ITS FACE
- **1997-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HHSV
- **1997-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FANTIN
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CURRY,JULIE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** SENATE SPONSOR MYERS,J
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WALSH,L
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PUB HEALTH S
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SPBH
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-07
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-09
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-001-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/BLACK
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO RULES COMMITTEE/RULE 75(A) 01 `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/HRUL
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** 003-002-000
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/117-000-000
- **1997-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-23
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0153

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcd20364-157b-477c-82ed-76ac80342c79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).