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Bill	EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WEEK	Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the first full week of each January as Emancipation Proclamation Week to honor and remember the work of Abraham Lincoln and others in emancipating Americans from slavery and in leading to the end of slavery in America.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5463	Illinois HB 5463 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2010-02-04	2010-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/d900aa78-1aa1-4874-bc1f-d2af3e904250	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5463&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50518&SessionID=76&GA=96	2b3f8ce6de29de96b85ba5c4b4a332978e907b19a1370e846ae8343e2d212eea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5463 (96th) — EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WEEK

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the first full week of each January as Emancipation Proclamation Week to honor and remember the work of Abraham Lincoln and others in emancipating Americans from slavery and in leading to the end of slavery in America.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)
• Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie filing
• 2010-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-09 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2010-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2010-02-25 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
• 2010-03-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2010-03-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-17 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2010-03-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2010-03-24 Postponed - State Government and Veterans Affairs
• 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
• 2010-04-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-23 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1238 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d900aa78-1aa1-4874-bc1f-d2af3e904250. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).