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Bill	STATE FAIRGROUND-BUILDING NAME	Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture administration building location at 801 E. Sangamon Avenue, Springfield, Illinois at the State Fairgrounds shall be known as the John R. Block Building. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5540	Illinois HB 5540 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2012-02-14	2012-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/69e38c6a-c2cb-4188-afa3-fe02b8635d0a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5540&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65994&SessionID=84&GA=97	5264f9b2f8e15a7cd895c0e315d874fea3048e13c0f7a7abb691f045f27d1d77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5540 (97th) — STATE FAIRGROUND-BUILDING NAME

Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture administration building location at 801 E. Sangamon Avenue, Springfield, Illinois at the State Fairgrounds shall be known as the John R. Block Building. 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 — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
• John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2012-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino
• 2012-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2012-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2012-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2012-02-21 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
• 2012-03-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2012-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-002 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2012
• 2012-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0961 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69e38c6a-c2cb-4188-afa3-fe02b8635d0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).