---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE'S ATTORNEY-LEGAL OPINION"
description: "Amends the State's Attorney Division of the Counties Code. Provides that, in a county with less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the State's Attorney may give an opinion, without fee or reward, upon any question of law relating to a County Veterans Assistance Commission. Provides that a County Veterans Assistance Commission may make such a request of the State's Attorney, and the State's Attorney, in the State's Attorney's sole discretion, may grant or decline such a request by a County Veterans Assistance Commission. Makes all provisions of the Division gender neutral. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 282"
citation: "Illinois HB 282 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meg Loughran Cappel", "Natalie A. Manley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/912ff618-705a-44e0-8e9e-e07962fd3ac4"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=282&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=128170&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "b0c9b0764e655489cca38f4d193f111929dbe07809aceba1a71b2043db11c29a"
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 282 (102nd) — STATE'S ATTORNEY-LEGAL OPINION

Amends the State's Attorney Division of the Counties Code. Provides that, in a county with less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the State's Attorney may give an opinion, without fee or reward, upon any question of law relating to a County Veterans Assistance Commission. Provides that a County Veterans Assistance Commission may make such a request of the State's Attorney, and the State's Attorney, in the State's Attorney's sole discretion, may grant or decline such a request by a County Veterans Assistance Commission. Makes all provisions of the Division gender neutral. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0282.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0282eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0282ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0282enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Meg Loughran Cappel — primary (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — primary (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Yingling — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Natalie A. Manley `filing`
- **2021-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Natalie A. Manley `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
- **2021-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-26** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2021-04-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
- **2021-04-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2021-04-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2021-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2021
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Effective Date July 9, 2021
- **2021-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0056 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/912ff618-705a-44e0-8e9e-e07962fd3ac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).