Rep. Amy Grant
Filed: 3/29/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1695 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1695 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act 
5of 1984 is amended  by adding Section 8A-60 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 130/8A-60 new)
7    Sec. 8A-60. State historic site.
8    (a)   The Architect of the Capitol shall apply to the 
9Department of Natural Resources under the provisions of Section 
101 of the Historical Sites Listing Act to have the State Capitol 
11Building listed as a State historic site with respect to its 
12location as the site of the vote to make Illinois the first 
13state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States 
14Constitution on June 10, 1919.
15    (b)   The Architect of the Capitol, in cooperation with the 
16Secretary of State and the Department of Natural Resources, 
 
 
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1shall place and maintain a historical marker at a suitable 
2location on the grounds of the State Capitol Building. The 
3marker shall commemorate and memorialize: (1) the role of 
4Illinois women in initiating the achievement of nationwide 
5voting equality within the United States of America; and (2) 
6the position of Illinois as the first state to ratify the 19th 
7Amendment to the United States Constitution, the legal document 
8that guaranteed votes for women without discrimination on 
9account of sex.
10    (c)   Moneys from the Capitol Restoration Trust Fund may be 
11used to place and maintain the historical marker.
 

12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.".