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Bill	DESIGNATIONS-STATE PIE-PUMPKIN	Amends the State Designations Act. Designates pumpkin pie as the official State pie of the State of Illinois.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 208	Illinois HB 208 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2015-01-15	2015-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/5ee2a2e5-866a-460c-98e3-b9a9615bc266	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=208&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=83852&SessionID=88&GA=99	fae60fbe9944d8a3d01e6357db4222b1c35fb5e4aecd0f28798b95e57b343297	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 208 (99th) — DESIGNATIONS-STATE PIE-PUMPKIN

Amends the State Designations Act. Designates pumpkin pie as the official State pie of the State of Illinois.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Keith P. Sommer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith P. Sommer filing
• 2015-01-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-01-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-01-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
• 2015-02-03 Assigned to Museums, Arts, & Cultural Enhancement Committee referral-committee
• 2015-02-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
• 2015-03-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
• 2015-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Museums, Arts, & Cultural Enhancement Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-04-16 Motion - Move to Previous Question Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2015-04-16 Motion Prevailed
• 2015-04-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-003-002 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Reginald Phillips
• 2015-04-16 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2015 reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William E. Brady
• 2015-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
• 2015-05-07 Do Pass Agriculture; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2015
• 2015-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2015
• 2015-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-14 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0364 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ee2a2e5-866a-460c-98e3-b9a9615bc266. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).