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Bill	STATE DESIGNATIONS-STATE PET	Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that shelter dogs and shelter cats that are residing in or have been adopted from a shelter or rescue facility in this State are designated as the official State pet of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 812	Illinois HB 812 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	42	2	2017-01-30	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/8b69ccdf-a97a-41fe-9ea7-06c8825162f4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=812&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=101258&SessionID=91&GA=100	709a1a5a9a390ffc27f53d20c476f75c68a88dc80c8f1f9924c97904b25ccb54	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 812 (100th) — STATE DESIGNATIONS-STATE PET

Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that shelter dogs and shelter cats that are residing in or have been adopted from a shelter or rescue facility in this State are designated as the official State pet 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 — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 44–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Wojcicki Jimenez — primary (person)
• Steven M. Landek — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez filing
• 2017-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2017-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
• 2017-02-08 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2017-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
• 2017-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger
• 2017-02-23 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nick Sauer
• 2017-03-09 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 14, 2017 reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2017-03-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2017-04-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
• 2017-05-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
• 2017-05-02 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2017-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2017-05-04 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 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
• 2017-05-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-31 Third Reading - Passed; 044-005-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-29 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 . . . . . . . . . 100-0353 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b69ccdf-a97a-41fe-9ea7-06c8825162f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).