Date	Chamber	Action
2/25/2009	House	Tabled Pursuant to Rule 22(g)

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

105 ILCS 5/24-2

from Ch. 122, par. 24-2

105 ILCS 5/27-20.4

from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.4

30 ILCS 805/8.33 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the School Code. Adds as commemorative holidays January 15 (to be known as Humanitarian Day and observed as a day of respect for the principles of human and civil rights and to involve the use of the color white as a visual affirmation to practice these principles), April 4 (to be known as Victims of Violence Wholly Day and observed as a day of respect for the principles of non-violence and to involve the use of the color black as a visual affirmation to practice these principles), and August 28 (to be known as Dream Day and observed as a day of respect for the spiritual and moral principles of peoplehood and to involve the use of the colors black and white as a visual affirmation to practice these principles). Requires the study of Black History to include the Gettysburg Address, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech", and President Barack Obama's victory speech. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
12/9/2008	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
1/14/2009	House	First Reading
1/14/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/4/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
2/4/2009	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2/19/2009	House	Motion Do Pass - Lost Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 007-006-001
2/19/2009	House	Remains in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2/25/2009	House	Motion Do Pass - Lost Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 009-007-000
2/25/2009	House	Tabled Pursuant to Rule 22(g)

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