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Bill	SCH CD-IRAQ/AFGHAN VET DAY	Amends the School Code. Adds October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day) as a commemorative holiday. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1703	Illinois SB 1703 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2013-02-15	2013-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/954a4c6e-eb8d-4324-aa02-3abc81ba5c01	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1703&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72592&SessionID=85&GA=98	0f7bcd63bc70789c80a0d7bd521701e2a6a0d59cfb08a1508376aa0c2c92d65f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1703 (98th) — SCH CD-IRAQ/AFGHAN VET DAY

Amends the School Code. Adds October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day) as a commemorative holiday. 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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
• Silvana Tabares — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2013-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2013-03-05 Do Pass Education; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2013
• 2013-03-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2013
• 2013-04-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
• 2013-04-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2013-04-10 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2013-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2013-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-15 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2013-05-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2013-05-09 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2013-05-09 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2013-05-09 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 . . . . . . . . . 98-0156 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/954a4c6e-eb8d-4324-aa02-3abc81ba5c01. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).