---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH"
description: "Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the month of November of each year as Alzheimer's Awareness Month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 20"
citation: "Illinois HB 20 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-12-03"
last_action: "2005-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5a47636-e4e9-4b54-b85d-4431f778ac8e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=20&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14104&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "4285dd821058cd4148ff70ff8503a864d870bec2befeb4f55e54211af7b63f78"
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 20 (94th) — ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the month of November of each year as Alzheimer's Awareness Month.

## 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=09400HB0020&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14104&DocNum=20&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0020eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14104&DocNum=20&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0020enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14104&DocNum=20&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arthur J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Cronin — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rutherford — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Syverson — cosponsor (person)
- Deanna Demuzio — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
- Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Frank C. Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Gary G. Dahl — cosponsor (person)
- George P. Shadid — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bradley Burzynski — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen L. Wojcik — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Bassi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-12-03** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Bassi `filing`
- **2005-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2005-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2005-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2005-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2005-02-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2005-02-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2005-02-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-02-02** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2005-02-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-02-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Wendell E. Jones
- **2005-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2005-03-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-03-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
- **2005-03-02** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
- **2005-03-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2005-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2005-04-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
- **2005-04-11** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-04-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2005-04-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wendell E. Jones
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2005-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2005-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
- **2005-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
- **2005-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
- **2005-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2005-05-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0443 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5a47636-e4e9-4b54-b85d-4431f778ac8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).