---
type: "Bill"
title: "SNAP BENEFITS-VETERANS"
description: "Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval if required, a household that includes one or more veterans or members of the armed forces shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits if the gross income of such a household is at or below 200% of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "Illinois SB 32 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie A. Morrison", "Stephanie A. Kifowit"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a783edc-6f99-41e9-b271-67ea60c25084"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=32&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=157131&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "d46c02823bbac9b7a08a6dd846bca592933442ad92a9dfd712fb456b494576a6"
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 SB 32 (104th) — SNAP BENEFITS-VETERANS

Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval if required, a household that includes one or more veterans or members of the armed forces shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits if the gross income of such a household is at or below 200% of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0032.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0032eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0032sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0032enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Approp-Health and Human Services — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Health and Human Services — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Health and Human Services — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — primary (person)
- Kevin Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Nicolle Grasse — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-13** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-01-22** Directed to Multiple Committees Refer to Health & Human Services, then Appropriations - Health & Human Services Committee.
- **2025-01-22** Assigned to Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Health and Human Services
- **2025-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-05** Do Pass as Amended Health and Human Services; 010-000-000
- **2025-03-05** Assigned to Appropriations- Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-01** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 2, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2025
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-04** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2025-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee; 018-000-000
- **2025-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
- **2025-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0067 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a783edc-6f99-41e9-b271-67ea60c25084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).