---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMEMORATIVE-JANE ADDAMS DAY"
description: "Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates each December 10 as Jane Addams Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 5243"
citation: "Illinois HB 5243 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-24"
last_action: "2006-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc35212-529b-43ba-b6ab-eb5d79ae3da6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5243&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=24492&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "e1be72f5a141864265778df2f76b15655092914815e8ebeb797d71d822d04d29"
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 5243 (94th) — COMMEMORATIVE-JANE ADDAMS DAY

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates each December 10 as Jane Addams Day.

## 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=09400HB5243&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24492&DocNum=5243&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB5243eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24492&DocNum=5243&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB5243enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24492&DocNum=5243&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `filing`
- **2006-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2006-02-14** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-14** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-21** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2006-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2006-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2006-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2006-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2006-02-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 23, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-02-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2006-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-01** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2006
- **2006-03-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2006-03-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2006
- **2006-03-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2006-03-14** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-05-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-05-22** Effective Date January 1, 2007
- **2006-05-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0796 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bc35212-529b-43ba-b6ab-eb5d79ae3da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).