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Bill	VETERANS GARDENING DAY	Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the first Saturday in May of each year is designated as Veterans Gardening Day to be observed throughout the State as a day set apart in the honor and remembrance of veterans and as celebrated with appropriate activities.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 2894	Illinois HB 2894 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Jil Tracy Randy E. Frese	3	30	1	2021-02-18	2021-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/cf67e0d5-b153-4480-97bd-6b22b281ee21	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2894&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=131787&SessionID=110&GA=102	ebd8205ebec384eabdc6b54d07b7c7399041f331b60a198125a20a5645aa6fb7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2894 (102nd) — VETERANS GARDENING DAY

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the first Saturday in May of each year is designated as Veterans Gardening Day to be observed throughout the State as a day set apart in the honor and remembrance of veterans and as celebrated with appropriate activities.

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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jil Tracy — primary (person)
• Randy E. Frese — primary (person)
• Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Randy E. Frese filing
• 2021-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Do Pass / Consent Calendar State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2021-04-15 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-15 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
• 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 113-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2021-05-13 Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2021
• 2021-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2021
• 2021-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
• 2021-05-27 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0385 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf67e0d5-b153-4480-97bd-6b22b281ee21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).