---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROP TX-DISABLED VETERANS"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property up to an assessed value of $70,000 (now,$58,000), owned and used exclusively by a disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the veteran, as a home, is exempt. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 270"
citation: "Illinois HB 270 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-18"
last_action: "2005-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef9524ff-77bb-4734-be1a-6d2624f6e6d6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=270&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14490&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "016a44c7ffa5b72d87ad607efe219c26d90b194b0b7d3adc35ce8bde8e66c9d1"
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 270 (94th) — PROP TX-DISABLED VETERANS

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property up to an assessed value of $70,000 (now,$58,000), owned and used exclusively by a disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the veteran, as a home, is exempt. 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=09400HB0270&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14490&DocNum=270&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0270eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14490&DocNum=270&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0270enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14490&DocNum=270&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson `filing`
- **2005-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-02-18** Recommends Be Adopted Sub-committee/ Revenue Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-18** Remains in Revenue Committee
- **2005-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
- **2005-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2005-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2005-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2005-04-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2005-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2005-04-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-04-21** Do Pass Revenue; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
- **2005-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2005-05-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-25** Effective Date July 25, 2005
- **2005-07-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0310 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef9524ff-77bb-4734-be1a-6d2624f6e6d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).