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Bill	PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY	Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the first Thursday in May of each year as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week including that day as Police Week. Recognizes each May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2644	Illinois HB 2644 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2009-02-20	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/5fd29316-9799-4b11-b4d0-798dc9a578d2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2644&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=45380&SessionID=76&GA=96	a0a27c7285bb3d98754fa558ec525a11df758444ec3a2f9e62b7bea0c40de4d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2644 (96th) — PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the first Thursday in May of each year as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week including that day as Police Week. Recognizes each May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day.

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 — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dennis M. Reboletti — primary (person)
• Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti 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
• 2009-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 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 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2009-04-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2009-04-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M. Gordon
• 2009-04-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2009-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2009-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2009-04-30 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
• 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0518 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5fd29316-9799-4b11-b4d0-798dc9a578d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).