---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI CODE-VETERANS PREFERENCE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section concerning veterans' preference, provides that \"active duty military or naval service of the United States\" includes training at a service school that is ordered pursuant to certain provisions of federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 849"
citation: "Illinois HB 849 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-09"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e21e005b-634e-4eaa-a3cf-0018eb3211ef"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=849&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42365&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "4dfe6f0e371fe30074f5abdc8dde265d2182a1e296a012fc2982b810d0160532"
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 849 (96th) — MUNI CODE-VETERANS PREFERENCE

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section concerning veterans' preference, provides that "active duty military or naval service of the United States" includes training at a service school that is ordered pursuant to certain provisions of federal law.

## 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=09600HB0849&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42365&DocNum=849&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0849eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42365&DocNum=849&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0849enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42365&DocNum=849&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary G. Dahl — cosponsor (person)
- Rich Brauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rich Brauer `filing`
- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- **2009-02-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- **2009-03-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-30** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-04-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-002 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2009-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000
- **2009-05-19** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Hutchinson `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2009-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2009-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 117-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-27** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0083 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e21e005b-634e-4eaa-a3cf-0018eb3211ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).