Legislation: batch B — IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/il/95th/hb-639.md

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "PERSONNEL CODE-DISABLED VETS"
+description: "Amends the Personnel Code. Grants a State employee subject to the Code who is a veteran 4 days of leave per year (in addition to any currently available sick leave) to visit a veterans hospital for examination of a military service-connected disability (now, 2 days per year)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "95th"
+identifier: "HB 639"
+citation: "Illinois HB 639 (95th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-02-06"
+last_action: "2007-08-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d43edb2f-33ab-4242-b89c-59475974775e"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=639&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27746&SessionID=51&GA=95"
+source_hash: "b1209d298fbf0864b575d54c025b01c2de8034162dc0383d1df0cf8fe6ed5822"
+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 639 (95th) — PERSONNEL CODE-DISABLED VETS
+
+Amends the Personnel Code. Grants a State employee subject to the Code who is a veteran 4 days of leave per year (in addition to any currently available sick leave) to visit a veterans hospital for examination of a military service-connected disability (now, 2 days per year).
+
+## 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=09500HB0639&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27746&DocNum=639&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0639eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27746&DocNum=639&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0639enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27746&DocNum=639&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Deanna Demuzio — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
+- John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
+- John O. Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Bond — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael W. Frerichs — cosponsor (person)
+- Rich Brauer — primary (person)
+- William E. Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rich Brauer `filing`
+- **2007-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-02-08** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-02-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
+- **2007-02-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2007-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
+- **2007-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
+- **2007-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
+- **2007-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
+- **2007-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
+- **2007-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rich Brauer `amendment-introduction`
+- **2007-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-03-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-03-08** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-03-08** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
+- **2007-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
+- **2007-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
+- **2007-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
+- **2007-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
+- **2007-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
+- **2007-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
+- **2007-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-03-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
+- **2007-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
+- **2007-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2007-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
+- **2007-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
+- **2007-03-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2007-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-03-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
+- **2007-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-03-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-30** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2007-04-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
+- **2007-04-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
+- **2007-04-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Bond
+- **2007-04-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
+- **2007-04-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
+- **2007-04-19** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
+- **2007-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
+- **2007-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
+- **2007-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
+- **2007-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson
+- **2007-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2007-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
+- **2007-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
+- **2007-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
+- **2007-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-05-16** Passed Both Houses
+- **2007-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2007-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2007-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2008
+- **2007-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0072 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d43edb2f-33ab-4242-b89c-59475974775e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+