---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE DESIGNATIONS-SNACKFOOD"
description: "Amends the State Designations Act. Designates popcorn as the official State snackfood of the State of Illinois."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Illinois SB 185 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-04"
last_action: "2003-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74b19509-2a23-4f0c-896b-b2478d5aed29"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=185&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1670&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "39723f4ea14371769cd93e0680e19c6b96602f61d9cc90d3cd18811571466212"
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 SB 185 (93rd) — STATE DESIGNATIONS-SNACKFOOD

Amends the State Designations Act. Designates popcorn as the official State snackfood of the State of Illinois.

## 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=09300SB0185&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1670&DocNum=185&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0185eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1670&DocNum=185&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0185enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1670&DocNum=185&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **98–17** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawrence M. Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh `filing`
- **2003-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2003
- **2003-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003
- **2003-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
- **2003-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2003-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2003-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-017-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-05-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0410 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74b19509-2a23-4f0c-896b-b2478d5aed29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).