---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD&CD CORR-VETERANS"
description: "Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court may impose a more severe sentence against a defendant who committed the offense of first degree murder, assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, robbery, armed robbery, or aggravated robbery against a person who was a veteran when that person was performing duties as a representative of a veterans' organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4738"
citation: "Illinois HB 4738 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-04"
last_action: "2010-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3ece30e-0e3a-4394-9da6-c32e75a8cfd8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4738&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49053&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7f5c59ff19ba598a7b0c963a1cfb68099aac56a0bb9a78ed45fe1518accbdd80"
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 4738 (96th) — CRIM CD&CD CORR-VETERANS

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court may impose a more severe sentence against a defendant who committed the offense of first degree murder, assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, robbery, armed robbery, or aggravated robbery against a person who was a veteran when that person was performing duties as a representative of a veterans' organization.

## 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=09600HB4738&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49053&DocNum=4738&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4738eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49053&DocNum=4738&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4738enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49053&DocNum=4738&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carol A. Sente — primary (person)
- Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol A. Sente `filing`
- **2010-01-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2010-01-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2010-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-27** Referred to Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Veterans' Affairs Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Veterans' Affairs Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-02-03** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 019-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-02-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-02-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-02-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2010-02-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2010-02-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-003-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-02-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
- **2010-02-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 16, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
- **2010-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- **2010-02-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2010-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-17** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-24** Do Pass Criminal Law; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2010
- **2010-03-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2010-04-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1228 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3ece30e-0e3a-4394-9da6-c32e75a8cfd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).