---
type: "Bill"
title: "MILITARY-PUBLICATION OF RIGHTS"
description: "Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Military Affairs to create and make available a publication setting forth the rights and responsibilities of servicemembers under State and federal law. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2526"
citation: "Illinois SB 2526 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddb42d6f-59e3-4975-8615-a8d3fd58806d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2526&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8806&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "7fbac5f76f0e9ecf83b38a3ec9c0414315daf26df574d2009c7efe78456fdc1a"
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 2526 (93rd) — MILITARY-PUBLICATION OF RIGHTS

Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Military Affairs to create and make available a publication setting forth the rights and responsibilities of servicemembers under State and federal law. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2526&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8806&DocNum=2526&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2526eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8806&DocNum=2526&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2526enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8806&DocNum=2526&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Welch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patrick Welch `filing`
- **2004-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-26** Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
- **2004-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
- **2004-03-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2004-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2004-04-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2004-04-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- **2004-04-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2004-04-02** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-28** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
- **2004-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2004
- **2004-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0833 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddb42d6f-59e3-4975-8615-a8d3fd58806d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).