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| Bill | BARACK OBAMA DAY | Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that August 4th of each year is designated as Barack Obama Day. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 100th | SB 55 | Illinois SB 55 (100th) |
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enacted | 3 | 42 | 2 | 2016-12-28 | 2017-08-04 | openstates | ocd-bill/5dc343a5-7eb2-4614-b647-2cb05eb62f03 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=55&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=99299&SessionID=91&GA=100 | a3c068b231d72073044ebefe76e8c69377cf99dbd84b7cc65c8e3cd907e8260f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 55 (100th) — BARACK OBAMA DAY
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that August 4th of each year is designated as Barack Obama Day.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 87–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Al Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — primary (person)
- Juliana Stratton — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2016-12-28 Prefiled with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, III
filing - 2017-01-11 First Reading
reading-1 - 2017-01-11 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2017-01-18 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2017-01-24 Assigned to State Government
referral-committee - 2017-01-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- 2017-02-09 Do Pass State Government; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2017-02-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 15, 2017
- 2017-02-16 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2017-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 28, 2017
- 2017-02-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- 2017-02-16 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- 2017-02-17 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- 2017-02-17 Sponsor Removed Sen. Mattie Hunter
- 2017-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- 2017-03-29 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- 2017-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 047-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2017-03-29 Arrived in House
introduction - 2017-03-29 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- 2017-03-30 First Reading
reading-1 - 2017-03-30 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2017-04-25 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- 2017-05-03 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
referral-committee - 2017-05-10 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2017-05-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2017-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- 2017-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- 2017-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- 2017-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
- 2017-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- 2017-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- 2017-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- 2017-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- 2017-05-18 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- 2017-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2017-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2017-06-16 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-08-04 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2017-08-04 Effective Date January 1, 2018
- 2017-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0037
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5dc343a5-7eb2-4614-b647-2cb05eb62f03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).