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Bill	EDUC-VET DAY-MOMENT OF SILENCE	Amends the School Code, various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois, and the Public Community College Act. Provides that if a public school, university, or community college holds any type of event at the institution on November 11, Veterans' Day, the governing board of the institution shall require a moment of silence at that event to recognize Veterans' Day. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 972	Illinois HB 972 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2009-02-10	2009-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/8c949708-4100-4027-817b-445505829650	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=972&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42550&SessionID=76&GA=96	a3295905ed8c94fc3542bc7ecf2c3dc0c0f2d61eb4dc67058a870dca896c90c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 972 (96th) — EDUC-VET DAY-MOMENT OF SILENCE

Amends the School Code, various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois, and the Public Community College Act. Provides that if a public school, university, or community college holds any type of event at the institution on November 11, Veterans' Day, the governing board of the institution shall require a moment of silence at that event to recognize Veterans' Day. 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2009-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2009-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2009-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2009-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 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. Antonio Muñoz
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
• 2009-04-22 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2009-05-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2009-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-07-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-07-27 Effective Date July 27, 2009
• 2009-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0084 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c949708-4100-4027-817b-445505829650. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).