Expression of support for Mexican Heritage Day Association and support for call to declare February 2nd as Mexican American Heritage Day

Votes › Immigrant and Refugee Rights › 25th Ward: Byron Sigcho-López

• Record number: SR2026-0023286
• Type: Resolution; category: Committee/Public Hearings
• Status: Final
• Sponsor: Byron Sigcho-López (25th Ward)
• Co-sponsors (4): Jeylú B. Gutiérrez (14th Ward), Michael D. Rodriguez (22nd Ward), Andre Vasquez Jr. (40th Ward), Gilbert Villegas (36th Ward)
• Committee: Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
• Introduction Date: Feb 18, 2026
• Final Action Date: May 20, 2026
• Official record: Office of the City Clerk

Roll call: Adopted May 20, 2026

50 yea, 0 nay. On motion of Alderperson Vasquez, and unsuccessful motion to reconsider by Alderperson Mitchell, the resolution was Adopted. Voted at the City Council meeting of May 20, 2026.

Yea (50): Daniel La Spata (1), Brian Hopkins (2), Pat Dowell (3), Lamont J. Robinson (4), Desmon C. Yancy (5), William E. Hall (6), Gregory I. Mitchell (7), Michelle A. Harris (8), Anthony Beale (9), Peter Chico (10), Nicole T. Lee (11), Julia M. Ramirez (12), Marty Quinn (13), Jeylú B. Gutiérrez (14), Raymond A. Lopez (15), Stephanie D. Coleman (16), David H. Moore (17), Derrick G. Curtis (18), Matthew J. O'Shea (19), Jeanette B. Taylor (20), Ronnie L. Mosley (21), Michael D. Rodriguez (22), Silvana Tabares (23), Monique L. Scott (24), Byron Sigcho-López (25), Jessica L. Fuentes (26), Walter R. Burnett (27), Jason C. Ervin (28), Chris Taliaferro (29), Ruth Cruz (30), Felix Cardona Jr. (31), Scott Waguespack (32), Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez (33), William Conway (34), Anthony J. Quezada (35), Gilbert Villegas (36), Emma Mitts (37), Nicholas Sposato (38), Samantha Nugent (39), Andre Vasquez Jr. (40), Anthony V. Napolitano (41), Brendan Reilly (42), Timothy R. Knudsen (43), Bennett R. Lawson (44), James M. Gardiner (45), Angela Clay (46), Matthew J. Martin (47), Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48), Maria E. Hadden (49), Debra L. Silverstein (50)

Plain-language summary

Written by AI (claude-opus-5-5) from the ordinance text only: SR2026-0023286 Substitute Ordinance.pdf. AI can make mistakes; the official document always wins.

This resolution from the Mayor and City Council honors the Mexican American Heritage Day Association. It supports the group's call to make February 2nd Mexican American Heritage Day. That date marks the 1848 signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which the resolution says created the Mexican American identity.

• Commemorates the efforts of the Mexican American Heritage Day Association.
• Supports the Association's call to name February 2nd as Mexican American Heritage Day.
• Notes that Mexican Americans make up about 1 in 5 Chicago residents.
• Recognizes the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed February 2, 1848, which granted U.S. citizenship to Mexican citizens living in the ceded territory.
• Says the day deserves recognition with events and activities that pass history and culture on to youth and children.

Who: The Mexican American Heritage Day Association and Mexican American residents of Chicago are recognized by this resolution.

Where: City of Chicago

Timeline

• Feb 18, 2026: Referred, City Council. The matter was Referred to Committee.
• May 18, 2026: Recommended to Pass, Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights. The matter was recommended to Pass by controlling legislative body.
• May 18, 2026: Substituted, Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights. The matter was substituted in Committee.
• May 20, 2026: Adopted, City Council (50 yea, 0 nay), at the City Council meeting. On motion of Alderperson Vasquez, and unsuccessful motion to reconsider by Alderperson Mitchell, the resolution was Adopted.

Documents

• CIRR Committee Letter SR2026-0023286.pdf (Committee Letter)
• SR2026-0023286 Substitute Ordinance.pdf (Legislation)
• Mexican American Heritage Day.pdf (Legislation)

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