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Bill	DESIGNATIONS-STATE GRAIN-CORN	Amends the State Designations Act. Designates corn as the official State grain of the State of Illinois.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 470	Illinois HB 470 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2017-01-18	2017-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/e2cdec72-16d9-4e98-9e38-ab11005a7f4d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=470&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=100109&SessionID=91&GA=100	8a8b6f254fce9b558c29df18d7cd9f918938324a9b5ff454d1e28e461d71ca1b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 470 (100th) — DESIGNATIONS-STATE GRAIN-CORN

Amends the State Designations Act. Designates corn as the official State grain of the State of Illinois.

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 — 48–5 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C.D. Davidsmeyer — primary (person)
• John J. Cullerton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer filing
• 2017-01-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
• 2017-02-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-02-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2017-05-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-05 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
• 2017-05-11 Do Pass Agriculture; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2017
• 2017-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-31 Third Reading - Passed; 048-005-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0109 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2cdec72-16d9-4e98-9e38-ab11005a7f4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).