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Bill	ETHNIC GROUP TERMINOLOGY	Amends various Acts to make changes concerning references to specified racial and ethnic groups.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 3217	Illinois HB 3217 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Kimberly A. Lightford Nicholas K. Smith	4	38	2	2021-02-19	2021-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/a0a2b4ad-df59-492f-a288-c46b00884914	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3217&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132144&SessionID=110&GA=102	403d35b5aee8d306d7f390e45eb51129f786ba26d8dba17363c8692b5506478b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3217 (102nd) — ETHNIC GROUP TERMINOLOGY

Amends various Acts to make changes concerning references to specified racial and ethnic groups.

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

Votes

• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
• Nicholas K. Smith — primary (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith filing
• 2021-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Assigned to Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee
• 2021-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-03-24 Do Pass as Amended / Consent Calendar Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2021-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 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
• 2021-04-21 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 April 27, 2021 reading-1
• 2021-04-28 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2021-04-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2021-05-10 Assigned to Human Rights referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 Do Pass Human Rights; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 21, 2021
• 2021-05-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2021-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2021-05-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2021
• 2021-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2021-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
• 2021-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-20 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-08-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0465 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0a2b4ad-df59-492f-a288-c46b00884914. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).