---
type: "Bill"
title: "ST DATES-GRANDPARENTS DAY"
description: "Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the first Sunday after Labor Day of each year as Great Grandparents Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 5207"
citation: "Illinois HB 5207 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-05"
last_action: "2004-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76f5db11-cf55-4c2f-babd-cbd72f916b88"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5207&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=10142&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "52e7129e57b60de84b03da6bc09467fc94aebb14339d4d096c28ecd2e2680c4b"
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 5207 (93rd) — ST DATES-GRANDPARENTS DAY

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the first Sunday after Labor Day of each year as Great Grandparents 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=09300HB5207&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=10142&DocNum=5207&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB5207eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=10142&DocNum=5207&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB5207enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=10142&DocNum=5207&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John E. Bradley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley `filing`
- **2004-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-10** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2004-02-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2004-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2004-02-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2004-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2004-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2004 `reading-1`
- **2004-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2004-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2004-04-22** Do Pass State Government; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 27, 2004
- **2004-04-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-04-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2004
- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-14** Effective Date January 1, 2005
- **2004-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0731 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76f5db11-cf55-4c2f-babd-cbd72f916b88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).