---
type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS HEALTH INSUR PROGRAM"
description: "Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 782"
citation: "Illinois SB 782 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2008-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d35a53-8886-4466-88ff-0cb85e3ac300"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=782&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28751&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "cc0a4bc00a72491324ea16a2047561ade50c81e59cb3005ed92314618b2999b5"
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 782 (95th) — VETERANS HEALTH INSUR PROGRAM

Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.

## 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=09500SB0782&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28751&DocNum=782&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0782eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28751&DocNum=782&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0782enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28751&DocNum=782&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `filing`
- **2007-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Executive; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-05-31** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As December 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-06-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
- **2007-06-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 007-000-002
- **2007-06-07** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Gary Forby
- **2007-08-07** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-08-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Forby `amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-08-07** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-08-07** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-08-07** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-08-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-08-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2007-08-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-08-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-12-04** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) January 10, 2008
- **2007-12-04** Assigned to Gaming Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-10** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-22** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Veterans Affairs Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-02-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Veterans Affairs Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2008-02-28** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2008-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2008-04-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2008-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2008-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2008-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-16** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2008-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-April 17, 2008
- **2008-04-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2008-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Gary Forby `filing`
- **2008-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000
- **2008-05-28** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2008-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2008-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-25** Effective Date July 25, 2008
- **2008-07-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0755 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48d35a53-8886-4466-88ff-0cb85e3ac300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).