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Bill	DNR-ASHES IN STATE PARKS	Amends the State Parks Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may establish rules for the public to safely and appropriately scatter cremated remains in a State park. Defines "cremated remains."	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 1586	Illinois SB 1586 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/95fb83de-f082-425f-b449-1793ac629b2e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1586&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=104250&SessionID=91&GA=100	492549bc434e8884ba9e51c56e9db15498c7ea7d5e464aaa6d12fa3faab32aac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1586 (100th) — DNR-ASHES IN STATE PARKS

Amends the State Parks Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may establish rules for the public to safely and appropriately scatter cremated remains in a State park. Defines "cremated remains."

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Postponed - Public Health
• 2017-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-03-17 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
• 2017-03-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
• 2017-03-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-03-29 Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 30, 2017
• 2017-04-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
• 2017-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-27 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-04-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2017-04-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-11 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0097 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95fb83de-f082-425f-b449-1793ac629b2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).