Bill Sponsors: IL SR0037 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Bill Title: Declares February 28, 2023 as Black Women's History Day in the State of Illinois to honor the accomplishments, power, beauty, courage, intelligence, ingenuity, stewardship, and leadership of Black women. Encourages all Illinoisans and their families to acknowledge, in word and in deed, the accomplishments of Black women in places where they live, work, and play, because doing so recognizes Black women's history as American history.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons [SR0037 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons [SR0037 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Senator Kimberly Lightford [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-004 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Mattie Hunter [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-003 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Doris Turner [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-048 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Robert Peters [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-013 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Adriane Johnson [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-030 | N/A | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Patricia Van Pelt [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-005 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator David Koehler [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-046 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Laura Ellman [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-021 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Mike Simmons [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-007 | N/A | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |