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Bill	AMERICAN CIVIL WAR COMMISSION	Creates the Illinois Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission Act. Sets forth the appointment of the members of the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to work with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency to plan and to sponsor official Illinois Civil War Sesquicentennial events, programs, and activities appropriate to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War. Requires that the Commission prepare and submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than October 31, 2011 and each October 31 thereafter through October 31, 2014 concerning the commemorative events for the next year. Provides that the Commission shall be dissolved on December 31, 2015. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 237	Illinois HB 237 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	41	3	2011-01-21	2011-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/588448ff-0930-4a4c-b84a-9c4049ceff01	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=237&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54861&SessionID=84&GA=97	72004cdf41058b1f4d21eeae85250530a8e0fecd6a001023edabe058f6da6dde	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 237 (97th) — AMERICAN CIVIL WAR COMMISSION

Creates the Illinois Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission Act. Sets forth the appointment of the members of the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to work with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency to plan and to sponsor official Illinois Civil War Sesquicentennial events, programs, and activities appropriate to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War. Requires that the Commission prepare and submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than October 31, 2011 and each October 31 thereafter through October 31, 2014 concerning the commemorative events for the next year. Provides that the Commission shall be dissolved on December 31, 2015. 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 — 110–1 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tom Cross — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross filing
• 2011-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-08 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-23 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jim Watson
• 2011-03-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
• 2011-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-001-002 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-31 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2011-03-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes amendment-introduction
• 2011-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Postponed - State Government and Veterans Affairs
• 2011-05-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs
• 2011-05-13 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2011
• 2011-05-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2011-05-16 Do Pass as Amended State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2011
• 2011-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2011-05-20 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
• 2011-05-20 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Tom Cross
• 2011-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Tom Cross
• 2011-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
• 2011-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
• 2011-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2011
• 2011-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0548 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/588448ff-0930-4a4c-b84a-9c4049ceff01. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).