---
type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS-TREATMENT-GULF WAR"
description: "VETERANS-TREATMENT-GULF WAR"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 28"
citation: "Illinois HB 28 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66c8f76d-8cf7-4034-b33e-4bfe179ba729"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "e0ee7b67d0d191ceb5a9f77bf2e75a114491113158bd729bcc73751d6c1500f1"
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 28 (90th) — VETERANS-TREATMENT-GULF WAR

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0028LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- BROSNAHAN — cosponsor (person)
- DART — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,MONIQUE — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,STEVE — cosponsor (person)
- FRITCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- GRANBERG — cosponsor (person)
- KLEMM — cosponsor (person)
- LAUZEN — cosponsor (person)
- MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- NOVAK — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- PHELPS — cosponsor (person)
- PUGH — cosponsor (person)
- SCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- SILVA — cosponsor (person)
- SLONE — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,L — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE VETS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GRANBERG
- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCOTT
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GASH
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SILVA
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SLONE
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PUGH
- **1997-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE VETS' AFFAIRS
- **1997-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOWARD
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PHELPS
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BROSNAHAN
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-VETS' AFFAIRS H
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED/PLACED ON CC 011-000-000 HVET
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CONSENT CALENDAR 2ND READING
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR BLACK, CROSS AND
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ART TENHOUSE
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,STEVE
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR NOVAK
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MEYER
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JOHNSON,TOM
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRITCHEY
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** SENATE SPONSOR KLEMM
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FARLEY
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STATE GOVERN `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WALSH,L
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SGOA
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-04-29
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LAUZEN
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SIEBEN
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-04-30
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE
- **1997-06-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0142

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66c8f76d-8cf7-4034-b33e-4bfe179ba729`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).