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Bill	STATE DESIGNATIONS-STATE SNAKE	Amends the State Designations Act. Designates the Eastern Milksnake as the official State snake of the State of Illinois.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 4821	Illinois HB 4821 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Dale Fowler Dave Severin	3	33	2	2022-01-25	2022-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/b7b41c84-9ac3-450c-885f-cf73fddc13c7	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4821&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=139281&SessionID=110&GA=102	e7cbba7625e298050b3b00c7bd92d51a2ac3afd8f3aa4ce74fc5cad3117ced8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4821 (102nd) — STATE DESIGNATIONS-STATE SNAKE

Amends the State Designations Act. Designates the Eastern Milksnake as the official State snake 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 54–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 104–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dale Fowler — primary (person)
• Dave Severin — primary (person)
• Daniel Swanson — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Keicher — cosponsor (person)
• Michael T. Marron — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)
• Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Severin filing
• 2022-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron
• 2022-02-16 Do Pass / Consent Calendar State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2022-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
• 2022-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
• 2022-03-01 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2022-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2022-03-03 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 104-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2022-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
• 2022-03-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2022-03-23 Do Pass State Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2022-03-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2022
• 2022-03-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
• 2022-03-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
• 2022-03-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
• 2022-03-30 Third Reading - Passed; 054-002-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-04-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-06-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-06-17 Effective Date January 1, 2023
• 2022-06-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1098 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b7b41c84-9ac3-450c-885f-cf73fddc13c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).