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+type: "Bill"
+title: "HIGHER ED-VETERANS SERVICE ACT"
+description: "Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. Requires a public college or university to use its best efforts to hire a veteran of the armed services as the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "100th"
+identifier: "HB 4781"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4781 (100th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 67
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-02-13"
+last_action: "2018-08-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18813716-fb90-4d93-a0b4-049c7957b1d0"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4781&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110090&SessionID=91&GA=100"
+source_hash: "b3e523b2c7b42425be368b50c8e598868fa80eb845ba074820b37a4bba1b6e59"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 4781 (100th) — HIGHER ED-VETERANS SERVICE ACT
+
+Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. Requires a public college or university to use its best efforts to hire a veteran of the armed services as the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4781&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110090&DocNum=4781&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4781eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110090&DocNum=4781&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4781enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110090&DocNum=4781&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **103–2** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan Brady — primary (person)
+- John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
+- Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
+- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Schimpf — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven M. Landek — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke `filing`
+- **2018-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-21** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2018-04-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2018-04-25** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2018-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2018-04-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-04-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2018-05-01** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
+- **2018-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-02** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-09** Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2018
+- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
+- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
+- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
+- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
+- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
+- **2018-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
+- **2018-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
+- **2018-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
+- **2018-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2018
+- **2018-05-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-05-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-25** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2018 `reading-3`
+- **2018-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
+- **2018-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
+- **2018-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Higher Education
+- **2018-05-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
+- **2018-05-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
+- **2018-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to State Government
+- **2018-05-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt State Government; 007-000-000
+- **2018-05-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-05-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Rose `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
+- **2018-05-30** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-05-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-05-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2018-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
+- **2018-05-30** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dan Brady
+- **2018-05-30** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2018-05-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
+- **2018-05-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
+- **2018-05-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
+- **2018-05-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
+- **2018-05-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
+- **2018-05-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf
+- **2018-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Dan Brady
+- **2018-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 019-000-000
+- **2018-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 103-002-000
+- **2018-05-31** House Concurs
+- **2018-05-31** Passed Both Houses
+- **2018-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2018-08-21** Effective Date August 21, 2018
+- **2018-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1007 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18813716-fb90-4d93-a0b4-049c7957b1d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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