---
type: "Bill"
title: "DAY OF PRAYER IN ILLINOIS"
description: "DAY OF PRAYER IN ILLINOIS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 1953"
citation: "Illinois HB 1953 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8769eb2d-50e8-4bfa-a285-348f7e25bce3"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "4787a5758d9ae796447240844ed1c48a08085da3e4e35411b724aa848800037c"
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 1953 (91st) — DAY OF PRAYER IN ILLINOIS

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB1953LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BURZYNSKI — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- FRANKS — cosponsor (person)
- GILES — cosponsor (person)
- HULTGREN — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,MJ — cosponsor (person)
- PETKA — cosponsor (person)
- WEAVER,S — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 014-000-001 HEXC
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GILES
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FRANKS
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HULTGREN
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FLOWERS
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-002-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-23
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WEAVER,S
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 011-000-000 SEXC
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-26
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PETKA
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-04-27
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BURZYNSKI
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-07-29
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0320

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8769eb2d-50e8-4bfa-a285-348f7e25bce3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).