---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPT VET AFF-BENEFITS FUND"
description: "DPT VET AFF-BENEFITS FUND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 4454"
citation: "Illinois HB 4454 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-02-04T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-07-16T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/015b5325-e7f9-491d-9df2-ebc811fa5154"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "d9c048a0ef2200c6f7c7119fad9cbb90f78be688be3f31a224167bd7c1409c00"
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 4454 (92nd) — DPT VET AFF-BENEFITS FUND

## Version chain

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

1. **HB4454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB4454LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BERNS — cosponsor (person)
- DONAHUE — cosponsor (person)
- MCAULIFFE — cosponsor (person)
- SOMMER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2002-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE VETS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 008-000-000 HVET
- **2002-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SOMMER
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BERNS
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 108-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2002-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 02-04-02
- **2002-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DONAHUE
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HALVORSON
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'DANIEL
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ST GOVERN OPR `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 007-000-000 SGOA
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-04-23
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-04-25
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DEMUZIO
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR VIVERITO
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-06-05T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-07-16
- **2002-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0671

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/015b5325-e7f9-491d-9df2-ebc811fa5154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).