---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORLD WAR II VETERAN DIPLOMA"
description: "WORLD WAR II VETERAN DIPLOMA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Illinois HB 12 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2000-12-08T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-21T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b480d3b3-15fa-4dc9-a41c-dca15748ece2"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "625fe5713a9a8f17428dba28287f73b2d1812b4110106ceba1eac092b0a6d314"
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 12 (92nd) — WORLD WAR II VETERAN DIPLOMA

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB0012LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BELLOCK — cosponsor (person)
- COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
- DART — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,MONIQUE — cosponsor (person)
- FRANKS — cosponsor (person)
- HULTGREN — cosponsor (person)
- MAHAR — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- MOFFITT — cosponsor (person)
- OSMOND — cosponsor (person)
- WAIT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-12-08T00:00:00-06:00** PREFILED WITH CLERK
- **2001-01-10T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-01-10T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR OSMOND
- **2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HULTGREN
- **2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BELLOCK
- **2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MOFFITT
- **2001-01-31T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRANKS
- **2001-02-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COLLINS
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WAIT
- **2001-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 020-001-000 HELM
- **2001-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MATHIAS
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(a) HA #1
- **2001-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DART
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-03-08
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR MAHAR
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EDUCATION S
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SESE
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-10
- **2001-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-15
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/MATHIAS
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR SA #1
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/115-000-000
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-29T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-21T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-21T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-01-01
- **2001-08-21T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0446

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b480d3b3-15fa-4dc9-a41c-dca15748ece2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).