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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PROP TX-DISABLED VETERANS"
+description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property up to an assessed value of $70,000 (now,$58,000), owned and used exclusively by a disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the veteran, as a home, is exempt. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 270"
+citation: "Illinois HB 270 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-01-18"
+last_action: "2005-07-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef9524ff-77bb-4734-be1a-6d2624f6e6d6"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=270&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14490&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "016a44c7ffa5b72d87ad607efe219c26d90b194b0b7d3adc35ce8bde8e66c9d1"
+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 270 (94th) — PROP TX-DISABLED VETERANS
+
+Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property up to an assessed value of $70,000 (now,$58,000), owned and used exclusively by a disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the veteran, as a home, is exempt. 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=09400HB0270&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14490&DocNum=270&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0270eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14490&DocNum=270&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0270enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14490&DocNum=270&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
+- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-01-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson `filing`
+- **2005-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2005-02-18** Recommends Be Adopted Sub-committee/ Revenue Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-02-18** Remains in Revenue Committee
+- **2005-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
+- **2005-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
+- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
+- **2005-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
+- **2005-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
+- **2005-04-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
+- **2005-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2005 `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
+- **2005-04-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2005-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
+- **2005-04-21** Do Pass Revenue; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
+- **2005-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
+- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
+- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
+- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
+- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
+- **2005-05-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
+- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-07-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-07-25** Effective Date July 25, 2005
+- **2005-07-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0310 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef9524ff-77bb-4734-be1a-6d2624f6e6d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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