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Bill	STATE DESIGNATIONS-SNACKFOOD	Amends the State Designations Act. Designates popcorn as the official State snackfood of the State of Illinois.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 185	Illinois SB 185 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2003-02-04	2003-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/74b19509-2a23-4f0c-896b-b2478d5aed29	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=185&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1670&SessionID=3&GA=93	39723f4ea14371769cd93e0680e19c6b96602f61d9cc90d3cd18811571466212	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 185 (93rd) — STATE DESIGNATIONS-SNACKFOOD

Amends the State Designations Act. Designates popcorn as the official State snackfood 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 — 98–17 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lawrence M. Walsh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh filing
• 2003-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-04 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-06 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2003-03-06 Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2003
• 2003-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003
• 2003-03-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
• 2003-03-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2003-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2003-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-002-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-07 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2003-05-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-017-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-05-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
• 2003-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-04 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0410 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74b19509-2a23-4f0c-896b-b2478d5aed29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).