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type: "Bill"
title: "ILLINOIS STATEHOOD DAY"
description: "Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that December 3rd of each year is designated as Illinois Statehood Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day to commemorate December 3, 1818 as the day Illinois became the 21st State to join the Union. Provides that each year, within 10 days before Illinois Statehood Day, the Governor shall issue a proclamation announcing the recognition of Statehood Day, and designate the official events that shall be held in honor of Illinois obtaining statehood on December 3, 1818."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 489"
citation: "Illinois HB 489 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2018-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e944382-3e2e-4884-9e79-a846b12cbb89"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=489&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=100547&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "95a7846dd969044d189c261c0ab2386f0ea97eae1f2fab1bbee8bb9128846fb8"
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 489 (100th) — ILLINOIS STATEHOOD DAY
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that December 3rd of each year is designated as Illinois Statehood Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day to commemorate December 3, 1818 as the day Illinois became the 21st State to join the Union. Provides that each year, within 10 days before Illinois Statehood Day, the Governor shall issue a proclamation announcing the recognition of Statehood Day, and designate the official events that shall be held in honor of Illinois obtaining statehood on December 3, 1818.
## 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=10000HB0489&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100547&DocNum=489&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0489eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100547&DocNum=489&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0489enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100547&DocNum=489&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1084** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tim Butler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tim Butler `filing`
- **2017-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson
- **2017-01-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
- **2017-01-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nick Sauer
- **2017-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- **2017-02-01** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. David S. Olsen
- **2017-02-02** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
- **2017-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
- **2017-02-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-02-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-004-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2017-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-12** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
- **2017-05-19** Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-25** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Re-assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-04** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Re-assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Do Pass State Government; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2018
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2018
- **2018-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-17** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0898 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e944382-3e2e-4884-9e79-a846b12cbb89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).