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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4910 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the month of October of each year is designated as Domestic Violence Awareness Month to be observed throughout the State as a month set apart to promote awareness of domestic violence and to support advocacy activities that will reduce its prevalence in the State. |
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| | HB4910 | | LRB103 38898 JDS 69035 b |
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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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 197 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 490/197 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 197. Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The month of |
| 8 | | October of each year is designated as Domestic Violence |
| 9 | | Awareness Month to be observed throughout the State as a month |
| 10 | | set apart to promote awareness of domestic violence and to |
| 11 | | support advocacy activities that will reduce its prevalence in |
| 12 | | the State. |