Bill Text: IL HB5463 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the first full week of each January as Emancipation Proclamation Week to honor and remember the work of Abraham Lincoln and others in emancipating Americans from slavery and in leading to the end of slavery in America.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1238 [HB5463 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5463-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 155 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 490/155 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 155. Emancipation Proclamation Week. The first full | ||||||
8 | week of January of each year is designated as Emancipation | ||||||
9 | Proclamation Week, to be observed throughout the State as a | ||||||
10 | week for holding appropriate educational and celebratory | ||||||
11 | events and observances in the public schools and elsewhere to | ||||||
12 | honor and remember the work of Abraham Lincoln and others in | ||||||
13 | emancipating Americans from slavery and in leading to the end | ||||||
14 | of slavery in America.
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