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Bill Mar 31, 2026

POW MIA RECOGNITION DAY

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.

https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB5596/2025

Wayne Rosenthal State Representative Chris Welch State Representative Norma Hernandez State Representative Cosponsor Dee Avelar State Representative Cosponsor Barbara Hernandez State Representative Cosponsor Mike Crawford State Representative Cosponsor Tracy Katz Muhl State Representative Cosponsor Nicolle Grasse State Representative Cosponsor Nabeela Syed State Representative Cosponsor Lisa Davis State Representative Cosponsor Yolonda Morris State Representative Cosponsor Carol Ammons State Representative Cosponsor Jaime Andrade State Representative Cosponsor Lisa Hernandez State Representative Cosponsor Theresa Mah State Representative Cosponsor Harry Benton State Representative Cosponsor Dan Didech State Representative Cosponsor Janet Yang Rohr State Representative Cosponsor Bob Morgan State Representative Cosponsor Jen Gong-Gershowitz State Representative Cosponsor Robyn Gabel State Representative Cosponsor Will Guzzardi State Representative Cosponsor Kelly Cassidy State Representative Cosponsor Michelle Mussman State Representative Cosponsor Marti Deuter State Representative Cosponsor Margaret Croke State Representative Cosponsor Camille Lilly State Representative Cosponsor Suzanne Ness State Representative Cosponsor Stephanie Kifowit State Representative Cosponsor Lindsey LaPointe State Representative Cosponsor Eva-Dina Delgado State Representative Cosponsor Michael Kelly State Representative Cosponsor Katie Stuart State Representative Cosponsor Rita Mayfield State Representative Cosponsor Abdelnasser Rashid State Representative Cosponsor Anna Moeller State Representative Cosponsor Matt Hanson State Representative Cosponsor Mary Beth Canty State Representative Cosponsor Diane Blair-Sherlock State Representative Cosponsor Laura Faver Dias State Representative Cosponsor Maura Hirschauer State Representative Cosponsor Kevin Olickal State Representative Cosponsor Anne Stava State Representative Cosponsor Sue Scherer State Representative Cosponsor Murri Briel State Representative Cosponsor Hoan Huynh State Representative Cosponsor Angie Guerrero-Cuellar State Representative Cosponsor

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