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Bill	DESIGNATIONS ACT-STATE MICROBE	Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that Penicillium chrysogenum NRRL 1951 is designated the official State microbe of the State of Illinois.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 1879	Illinois HB 1879 (102nd)	bill		enacted	David Koehler Ryan Spain	4	42	3	2021-02-16	2021-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/b6bec98d-1549-426d-8efb-244a9660a9e7	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1879&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=130622&SessionID=110&GA=102	511d326e39c4690bde9094c044fe45a35060c218d36f57061193e292c77ae3da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1879 (102nd) — DESIGNATIONS ACT-STATE MICROBE

Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that Penicillium chrysogenum NRRL 1951 is designated the official State microbe of the State of Illinois.

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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Koehler — primary (person)
• Ryan Spain — primary (person)
• Jehan Gordon-Booth — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Butler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain filing
• 2021-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2021-03-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
• 2021-03-24 Do Pass / Consent Calendar State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-14 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-14 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-16 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 117-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2021 reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-18 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-21 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 29, 2021
• 2021-05-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government
• 2021-05-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-05-26 Do Pass as Amended State Government; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 27, 2021
• 2021-05-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 28, 2021
• 2021-05-28 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2021-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Ryan Spain
• 2021-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2021-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000
• 2021-05-31 House Concurs
• 2021-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-17 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0402 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6bec98d-1549-426d-8efb-244a9660a9e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).