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Bill	MUNI CD-CEMETERIES	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may establish a scattering garden in a municipal cemetery for the purpose of scattering cremated remains.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 4779	Illinois HB 4779 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2004-02-04	2004-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/584d601b-d4b7-426a-a033-e3acd2240a45	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4779&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=9405&SessionID=3&GA=93	ad7186dd80c6952b7011afbbcc5f63f8a4a88c4d5de435ee00b2fad5232db6dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4779 (93rd) — MUNI CD-CEMETERIES

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may establish a scattering garden in a municipal cemetery for the purpose of scattering cremated remains.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2004-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-26 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-26 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt withdrawal
• 2004-03-02 Motion Filed Rep. Donald L. Moffitt; Take from Table
• 2004-03-02 Motion Prevailed
• 2004-03-02 Return to Local Government Committee
• 2004-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2004-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2004-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 022-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-24 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2004-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2004 reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
• 2004-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-15 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2004-04-21 Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2004
• 2004-04-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2004
• 2004-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-07-16 Effective Date January 1, 2005
• 2004-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0757 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/584d601b-d4b7-426a-a033-e3acd2240a45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).