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+type: "Bill"
+title: "LOTTERY-VETERAN SERVICES"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, requires that appropriations from the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund be used equally for the Fund's 5 statutory purposes. Effective July 1, 2007."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "95th"
+identifier: "HB 1539"
+citation: "Illinois HB 1539 (95th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2007-02-22"
+last_action: "2007-10-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4db2c7ab-1297-4212-9390-5fc114c272fa"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1539&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30345&SessionID=51&GA=95"
+source_hash: "86b8781e2726300e17de26e6e87040b16543a4a4379353a2b5bb707924444d06"
+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 1539 (95th) — LOTTERY-VETERAN SERVICES
+
+Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, requires that appropriations from the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund be used equally for the Fund's 5 statutory purposes. Effective July 1, 2007.
+
+## 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=09500HB1539&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30345&DocNum=1539&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1539eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30345&DocNum=1539&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1539enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30345&DocNum=1539&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion — **111–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dan Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosemary Mulligan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan `filing`
+- **2007-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Veterans Affairs Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2007-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Veterans Affairs Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2007-03-15** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
+- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
+- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert
+- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
+- **2007-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
+- **2007-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
+- **2007-04-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
+- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
+- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
+- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
+- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
+- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
+- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
+- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2007-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 24, 2007 `reading-1`
+- **2007-05-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
+- **2007-05-02** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-05-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-03** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-10** Do Pass Revenue; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
+- **2007-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
+- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
+- **2007-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-05-16** Passed Both Houses
+- **2007-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2007-08-13** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
+- **2007-09-19** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 2, 2007
+- **2007-09-21** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
+- **2007-10-03** 3/5 Vote Required
+- **2007-10-03** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 111-000-000
+- **2007-10-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
+- **2007-10-10** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 11, 2007
+- **2007-10-11** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
+- **2007-10-11** 3/5 Vote Required
+- **2007-10-11** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 058-000-000
+- **2007-10-11** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
+- **2007-10-17** Effective Date October 11, 2007
+- **2007-10-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0649 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4db2c7ab-1297-4212-9390-5fc114c272fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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