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Bill	ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH	Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the month of April of each year as Arab American Heritage Month to be observed throughout the State as a month to recognize the valuable contributions of Arab Americans to this State and to the various aspects of American society. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 5971	Illinois HB 5971 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2018-10-10	2018-12-14	openstates	ocd-bill/36860aee-8f7d-4453-acf6-642d24f10426	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5971&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=113390&SessionID=91&GA=100	0b1a695dd7e46753c55c64aedcd0572796f233d279085261f6a69f0ddff72de4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5971 (100th) — ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the month of April of each year as Arab American Heritage Month to be observed throughout the State as a month to recognize the valuable contributions of Arab Americans to this State and to the various aspects of American society. 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 — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Madigan — primary (person)
• Thomas Cullerton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-10-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan filing
• 2018-11-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-11-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-11-07 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2018-11-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2018-11-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-11-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-11-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-11-14 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-11-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-11-15 3/5 Vote Required
• 2018-11-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-11-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2018-11-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2018-11-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2018-11-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-11-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-11-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
• 2018-11-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
• 2018-11-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2018-11-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
• 2018-11-20 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2018-11-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
• 2018-11-27 Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-11-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2018-11-27 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2018-11-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2018-11-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-11-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 28, 2018
• 2018-11-28 3/5 Vote Required
• 2018-11-28 Third Reading - Passed; 046-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-11-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-11-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2018-11-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2018-11-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2018-11-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2018-11-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2018-12-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-12-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-12-14 Effective Date December 14, 2018
• 2018-12-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1150 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36860aee-8f7d-4453-acf6-642d24f10426. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).