---
type: "Bill"
title: "VET HOMES-HOSTILE FIRE"
description: "VET HOMES-HOSTILE FIRE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 854"
citation: "Illinois HB 854 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-15T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03134b8d-c322-4c64-b3c7-d392cb67d9f5"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "aa59984560637d733b6d4bb31ec39464291520ece7be22149bc90bed3a52f01f"
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 854 (92nd) — VET HOMES-HOSTILE FIRE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB0854LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BASSI — cosponsor (person)
- BEAUBIEN — cosponsor (person)
- BUGIELSKI — cosponsor (person)
- CAPPARELLI — cosponsor (person)
- DONAHUE — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,EILEEN — cosponsor (person)
- SAVIANO — cosponsor (person)
- SULLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- TENHOUSE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SAVIANO
- **2001-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN
- **2001-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CAPPARELLI
- **2001-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BUGIELSKI
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE VETS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK
- **2001-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BASSI
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-VETS' AFFAIRS H
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 010-001-000 HVET
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BEAUBIEN
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TENHOUSE
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BEAUBIEN
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/004-000-000
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BEAUBIEN
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 110-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-03-28
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DONAHUE
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HALVORSON
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ST GOVERN OPR `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SULLIVAN
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HAWKINSON
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-STATE GOVERN S
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 007-000-000 SGOA
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-11
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-14
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'DANIEL
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SILVERSTEIN
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/BEAUBIEN
- **2001-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR SA #1
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/095-020-000
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-20T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-01-01
- **2001-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0351

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03134b8d-c322-4c64-b3c7-d392cb67d9f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).