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Bill	COMMEMORATIVE DATES-SLAVES	Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates each February 28th as a day for the commemoration of and reflection upon the contributions of African American slaves to Illinois and the United States. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4586	Illinois HB 4586 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2009-06-24	2010-06-18	openstates	ocd-bill/7ef70977-d559-4b4d-8f45-61f2b8bce133	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4586&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=48291&SessionID=76&GA=96	5b09c37a3992a85e8b0161c8424049068491149359f54b0092f9d147108acd28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4586 (96th) — COMMEMORATIVE DATES-SLAVES

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates each February 28th as a day for the commemoration of and reflection upon the contributions of African American slaves to Illinois and the United States. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• LaShawn K. Ford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-06-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford filing
• 2009-07-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-07-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-01-27 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-02-24 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 9, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2010-03-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2010-04-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-06-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-06-18 Effective Date June 18, 2010
• 2010-06-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0930 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ef70977-d559-4b4d-8f45-61f2b8bce133. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).