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Bill	DESIGNATIONS-STATE WILDFLOWER	Amends the State Designations Act. Designates milkweed as the official State wildflower of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2568	Illinois HB 2568 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2017-02-08	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/de1edee8-b66b-4af5-b9af-8789dfc06fd0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2568&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103808&SessionID=91&GA=100	5a7d4fd157fd721327a2b9e919f34bed564d968184642dc25ee7c769aa6c6ab1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2568 (100th) — DESIGNATIONS-STATE WILDFLOWER

Amends the State Designations Act. Designates milkweed as the official State wildflower of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 101–8 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 45–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Anna Moeller — primary (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller filing
• 2017-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson
• 2017-03-15 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
• 2017-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2017-03-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2017-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2017-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-008-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2017-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2017-03-29 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2017-03-29 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2017 reading-1
• 2017-03-29 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2017-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2017-04-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2017-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2017-05-04 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2017-05-04 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2017-05-12 To Subcommittee on State Designations
• 2017-05-12 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
• 2017-05-19 Reported Back To State Government; 003-000-000
• 2017-05-19 Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 22, 2017
• 2017-05-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 25, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 045-008-001 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2017
• 2017-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0371 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de1edee8-b66b-4af5-b9af-8789dfc06fd0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).