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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ID CARD-HOMELESS PERSON"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act to authorize identification cards for homeless persons at no fee. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "HB 897"
+citation: "Illinois HB 897 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-10"
+last_action: "2009-08-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78f6bc5f-20b5-45a6-8a49-d7dee5f5e955"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=897&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42455&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "1b387af47e4dd38741382793982b755b5ee7acde7ccb3980c6c58f8ffb0cc0fc"
+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 897 (96th) — ID CARD-HOMELESS PERSON
+
+Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act to authorize identification cards for homeless persons at no fee. 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=09600HB0897&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42455&DocNum=897&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0897eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42455&DocNum=897&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0897enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42455&DocNum=897&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **106–9** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greg Harris — primary (person)
+- Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris `filing`
+- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
+- **2009-02-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
+- **2009-02-18** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2009-02-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2009-02-25** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-001-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
+- **2009-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
+- **2009-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
+- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
+- **2009-03-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-009-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-03-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2009-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
+- **2009-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-22** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
+- **2009-04-30** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
+- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
+- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
+- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2009-08-10** Effective Date July 1, 2010
+- **2009-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0183 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78f6bc5f-20b5-45a6-8a49-d7dee5f5e955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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