---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMEM DATES-LOST POTENTIAL"
description: "Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the third Saturday in September of each year as \"Preventing Lost Potential Day\", to be observed throughout the State as a day set apart to provide a new focus on the importance of and dedication to educate, encourage, protect, and develop our State's youth. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1484"
citation: "Illinois SB 1484 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0069098c-04db-4001-8f22-176e03272490"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1484&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88116&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "d1d49cd57f5177bf2333eaea8a3680174fc26cc5f83998d54c6b5d9d4cd30c84"
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 SB 1484 (99th) — COMMEM DATES-LOST POTENTIAL

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the third Saturday in September of each year as "Preventing Lost Potential Day", to be observed throughout the State as a day set apart to provide a new focus on the importance of and dedication to educate, encourage, protect, and develop our State's youth. 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=09900SB1484&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88116&DocNum=1484&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1484eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88116&DocNum=1484&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1484enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88116&DocNum=1484&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neil Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson `filing`
- **2015-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2015-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs;
- **2015-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-12** Do Pass as Amended State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2015
- **2015-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2015
- **2015-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2015-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-27** Assigned to Youth & Young Adults `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Youth & Young Adults; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-16** Effective Date July 16, 2015
- **2015-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0066 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0069098c-04db-4001-8f22-176e03272490`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).