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Bill	COMMEMORATIVE DATES-JUNETEENTH	Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the third Saturday in June of each year as Juneteenth National Freedom Day to commemorate the abolition of slavery throughout the United States and its territories in 1865. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 1028	Illinois SB 1028 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	58	2	2003-02-19	2003-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/711169b1-4980-4fdc-9b10-2349926e7550	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1028&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3914&SessionID=3&GA=93	1dd2bfbe8f868c2217ccb4f4f7963e1e08d16a40ad17910f578c9c9eda3507bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1028 (93rd) — COMMEMORATIVE DATES-JUNETEENTH

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the third Saturday in June of each year as Juneteenth National Freedom Day to commemorate the abolition of slavery throughout the United States and its territories in 1865. Effective immediately.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Calvin L. Giles — cosponsor (person)
• Charles E. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah L. Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Washington — cosponsor (person)
• George Scully, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Karen A. Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
• Paul D. Froehlich — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Poe — cosponsor (person)
• Robert F. Flider — cosponsor (person)
• Robin Kelly — cosponsor (person)
• Wyvetter H. Younge — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter filing
• 2003-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-19 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2003-03-13 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
• 2003-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003
• 2003-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2003-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2003-03-24 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
• 2003-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2003-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2003-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
• 2003-03-24 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2003-03-24 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
• 2003-03-24 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
• 2003-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2003-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
• 2003-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2003-03-24 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-25 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-25 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2003-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2003-04-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
• 2003-04-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2003-04-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2003-04-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. George Scully, Jr.
• 2003-05-02 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-08 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
• 2003-05-08 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-15 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2003-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2003-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2003-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
• 2003-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2003-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
• 2003-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2003-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
• 2003-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2003-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2003-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2003-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-19 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0550 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/711169b1-4980-4fdc-9b10-2349926e7550. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).