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Bill	DATES-CHILDREN'S DAY	Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the second Sunday in June each year is a holiday to be known as Children's Day (El Dia de los Ninos). Provides that Children's Day is to be observed throughout the State as a day to recognize and acknowledge the lives of all children.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2593	Illinois HB 2593 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2009-02-20	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/1f14e504-f978-4676-bb8b-91f15179f5d5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2593&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=45326&SessionID=76&GA=96	f268130af817ac8b4d4b61b85bed9c0f85ff08b486036564c63891e327cbfc7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2593 (96th) — DATES-CHILDREN'S DAY

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the second Sunday in June each year is a holiday to be known as Children's Day (El Dia de los Ninos). Provides that Children's Day is to be observed throughout the State as a day to recognize and acknowledge the lives of all children.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia filing
• 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2009-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-03-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2009-04-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2009-04-23 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2009
• 2009-04-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
• 2009-04-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-14 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0465 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f14e504-f978-4676-bb8b-91f15179f5d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).