---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMEMORATE ADLAI STEVENSON"
description: "Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates February 5 of each year as Adlai Stevenson Day to honor and remember the public service of Adlai Stevenson II."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 50"
citation: "Illinois HB 50 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-06"
last_action: "2009-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6a231de-03bf-4125-afc6-3715e903fad4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=50&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40010&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "9608d418c9438f0144365efe888b9258b300c2fc54128f6d5360150bf5f0c18b"
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 50 (96th) — COMMEMORATE ADLAI STEVENSON

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates February 5 of each year as Adlai Stevenson Day to honor and remember the public service of Adlai Stevenson II.

## 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=09600HB0050&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40010&DocNum=50&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0050eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40010&DocNum=50&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0050enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40010&DocNum=50&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Brady — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-06** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady `filing`
- **2009-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2009-02-10** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-02-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2009-02-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-02-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
- **2009-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
- **2009-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2009
- **2009-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0559 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6a231de-03bf-4125-afc6-3715e903fad4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).