Bill Text: IL HB5902 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the Governor shall annually designate by official proclamation the third Friday of September in each year as POW/MIA Recognition Day (rather than the third Friday of September in each year is designated as POW/MIA Recognition Day) to be observed in honor and remembrance of the men and women who, as POWs, have suffered captivity in foreign countries while in active service with the United States armed forces or who, as MIAs, have been recognized as missing in action in a time of war or during a period of hostilities (rather than who were recognized as POWs or MIAs in a time of war or during a period of hostilities). Provides that the Governor shall request, in the Governor's annual designation by official proclamation, that some portion of the third Friday of September be used for solemn contemplation on the plight of members of the United States armed forces who have been held prisoners of war and members of the United States armed forces who have been missing in action and the resolve of families and friends who continue to seek the fullest possible accounting for missing loved ones. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5902 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5902-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5902 Introduced , by Rep. Maura Hirschauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 490/105
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the Governor shall annually designate by official proclamation the third Friday of September in each year as POW/MIA Recognition Day (rather than the third Friday of September in each year is designated as POW/MIA Recognition Day) to be observed in honor and remembrance of the men and women who, as POWs, have suffered captivity in foreign countries while in active service with the United States armed forces or who, as MIAs, have been recognized as missing in action in a time of war or during a period of hostilities (rather than who were recognized as POWs or MIAs in a time of war or during a period of hostilities). Provides that the Governor shall request, in the Governor's annual designation by official proclamation, that some portion of the third Friday of September be used for solemn contemplation on the plight of members of the United States armed forces who have been held prisoners of war and members of the United States armed forces who have been missing in action and the resolve of families and friends who continue to seek the fullest possible accounting for missing loved ones. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by
changing Section 105 as follows:
(5 ILCS 490/105)
Sec. 105. POW/MIA Recognition Day. The Governor shall
annually designate by official proclamation the third Friday
of September in each year is designated as POW/MIA Recognition
Day to be observed throughout the State as a day in honor and
remembrance of the men and women of this State who, as POWs,
have suffered captivity in foreign countries while in active
service with the United States armed forces or who, as MIAs,
have been recognized as missing in action were recognized as
POWs or MIAs while serving with the armed forces of the United
States in a time of war or during a period of hostilities. The
Governor shall request, in the Governor's annual designation
by official proclamation, that some portion of the third
Friday of September be used for solemn contemplation on the
plight of members of the United States armed forces who have
been held prisoners of war and members of the United States
armed forces who have been missing in action and the resolve of
families and friends who continue to seek the fullest possible

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accounting for missing loved ones.
(Source: P.A. 90-752, eff. 8-14-98.)