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]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]	Primary	N/A	217-782-8505	SD-004	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5966	SD-003	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Doris Turner [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-0228	SD-048	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Robert Peters [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5338	SD-013	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Adriane Johnson [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8181	SD-030	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patricia Van Pelt [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	SD-005	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Koehler [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8250	SD-046	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Laura Ellman [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8192	SD-021	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Simmons [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8492	SD-007	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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