---
type: "Bill"
title: "DESIGNATIONS-STATE GRAIN-CORN"
description: "Amends the State Designations Act. Designates corn as the official State grain of the State of Illinois."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 470"
citation: "Illinois HB 470 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2cdec72-16d9-4e98-9e38-ab11005a7f4d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=470&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=100109&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "8a8b6f254fce9b558c29df18d7cd9f918938324a9b5ff454d1e28e461d71ca1b"
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 470 (100th) — DESIGNATIONS-STATE GRAIN-CORN

Amends the State Designations Act. Designates corn as the official State grain 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=10000HB0470&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100109&DocNum=470&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0470eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100109&DocNum=470&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0470enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100109&DocNum=470&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–5** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C.D. Davidsmeyer — primary (person)
- John J. Cullerton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer `filing`
- **2017-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2017-02-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-02-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
- **2017-05-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-05** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11** Do Pass Agriculture; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2017
- **2017-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-31** Third Reading - Passed; 048-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0109 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2cdec72-16d9-4e98-9e38-ab11005a7f4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).