---
type: "Bill"
title: "FLAG DISPLAY-COUNTY COURTHOUSE"
description: "Amends the Flag Display Act. Authorizes a county board to provide for the flying of an MIA flag at the county court house. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 7263"
citation: "Illinois HB 7263 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-24"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2e1e063-3058-41ae-afb7-31ffdd87cb0d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=7263&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=12793&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "392eb5817b6c0b5b3a8ec1d57ae1890d41921a43b9266018e36a3c06c7aa08a8"
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 7263 (93rd) — FLAG DISPLAY-COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Amends the Flag Display Act. Authorizes a county board to provide for the flying of an MIA flag at the county court house. Effective immediately.

## 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=09300HB7263&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=12793&DocNum=7263&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB7263eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=12793&DocNum=7263&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB7263enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=12793&DocNum=7263&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard `filing`
- **2004-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-03** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-03** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
- **2004-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 022-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- **2004-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2004-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2004-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- **2004-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2004 `reading-1`
- **2004-03-30** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
- **2004-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2004
- **2004-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2004
- **2004-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-09** Effective Date July 9, 2004
- **2004-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0697 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2e1e063-3058-41ae-afb7-31ffdd87cb0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).