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HR 525

RACE AMITY DAY

104th Regular Session Introduced by Diane Blair-Sherlock and 8 co-sponsors

Declares June 14, 2026 as Race Amity Day in Illinois to promote reflection on diversity and encourage civil, respectful community engagement nationwide.

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
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Bill Summary · HR 525

Summary — H.R. 525 (titled in record: “RACE AMITY DAY”)

Note up front: the legislative record provided appears to conflate multiple separate measures and texts (including a federal-sounding “HONDURAS Act” title, a Georgia House resolution recognizing a Community Supervision Officer, and an Illinois House resolution declaring Race Amity Day). The summary below focuses on the Race Amity Day resolution text included in the record and separately identifies the other embedded items so readers understand the inconsistency in the source material.

Purpose and intent

The core Race Amity Day resolution seeks to recognize and promote Race Amity Day in Illinois and to invite communities across the United States to reflect on the state’s multicultural character and to reach out in a spirit of civic amity. It references the 1921 national convention for amity between the races and the National Center for Race Amity’s “Towards E Pluribus Unum Initiative” as background to establish an annual observance.

Key provisions

  • Declares June 14, 2026 as “Race Amity Day” in the State of Illinois.
  • Encourages communities to engage in introspection and reflection on the diversity of the nation and to reach out with a spirit of amity toward one another on that day.
  • Cites demographic data used in the resolution: approximately 39.8% of Illinois residents (about 5,600,000 people) identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American, or multiracial.
  • Emphasizes values such as friendship, civility, respect, and kindness among Illinois residents.
  • Invites other U.S. communities to join the observance annually on the second Sunday in June (as promoted by the National Center for Race Amity).

Who would be affected / impact

  • The resolution is ceremonial and declarative in nature — it does not create legal obligations, funding, or regulatory changes.
  • Its primary effects are symbolic: raising awareness, encouraging community observances, and providing an official recognition that may be used by state and local governments, civic organizations, faith groups, and schools to plan events or educational activities around Race Amity Day.
  • No direct fiscal or enforcement impacts are stated.

Procedural history (as reflected in the record)

  • Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock (filed Oct 23, 2025 in the record).
  • Referred to Rules Committee (Oct 28, 2025); assigned to State Government Administration Committee (Oct 29, 2025).
  • Motions to suspend rules and committee recommendations are recorded (Oct 29, 2025).
  • Placed on Calendar — Order of Resolutions (Oct 29, 2025).
  • Resolution adopted (record shows “Resolution Adopted” on Oct 30, 2025).

Additional texts included in the provided record

  • A Georgia House resolution recognizing Community Supervision Officer John Crew as the Department of Community Supervision’s 2024 Officer of the Year appears verbatim in the packet. That is a separate state resolution and unrelated to the Race Amity Day observance.
  • The packet also begins with a line naming a different Act as the “Honduras Obstinately Neglects Defense and Risks Alienating Security Act” (HONDURAS Act), which appears to be unrelated and likely a misattributed title in the combined record.
  • Sponsor/cosponsor listings in the provided material mix names from multiple jurisdictions; the chief sponsors identified for the Race Amity resolution include Illinois Representatives (e.g., Camille Y. Lilly, Kimberly Du Buclet, Diane Blair-Sherlock), with additional cosponsors listed.

If you want, I can:
- Produce a clean single-text version of the Illinois Race Amity Day resolution suitable for publication.
- Pull out and separately summarize the Georgia resolution and the HONDURAS Act text fragments that appear in the record.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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