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Bill	MOTHER MARY ANN BICKERDYKE DAY	Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the second Wednesday in May of each year as Mother Mary Ann Bickerdyke Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day set apart to honor Mother Mary Ann Bickerdyke of Galesburg, military nurses, and the contribution of nurses to the State of Illinois and the United States of America. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2775	Illinois HB 2775 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2013-02-21	2013-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/6b73f699-205f-4b15-8ec3-1727443958b3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2775&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74589&SessionID=85&GA=98	d8168bd07eb70ca77bf5cd05e5edb1c956f11c610edd59768374aeed067c995c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2775 (98th) — MOTHER MARY ANN BICKERDYKE DAY

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the second Wednesday in May of each year as Mother Mary Ann Bickerdyke Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day set apart to honor Mother Mary Ann Bickerdyke of Galesburg, military nurses, and the contribution of nurses to the State of Illinois and the United States of America. 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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2013-02-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2013-03-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2013-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2013-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
• 2013-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2013
• 2013-05-08 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2013
• 2013-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0141 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b73f699-205f-4b15-8ec3-1727443958b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).