---
type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS ADMIN HOSPITAL"
description: "Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may designate a Veterans Administration hospital for participation in an EMS system. Defines \"Veterans Administration hospital\" to mean a health care facility operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that has been certified by a nationally recognized certifying body approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health and that has applied for participation in an EMS system. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 3637"
citation: "Illinois SB 3637 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-11"
last_action: "2010-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a6c07de-e390-4f36-87e9-1df8f639c872"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3637&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51824&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "6d5cdb8e008d4893c7ddc4162c49e0c358cf07e6a1e2c4641c0f647d77620283"
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 3637 (96th) — VETERANS ADMIN HOSPITAL

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may designate a Veterans Administration hospital for participation in an EMS system. Defines "Veterans Administration hospital" to mean a health care facility operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that has been certified by a nationally recognized certifying body approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health and that has applied for participation in an EMS system. 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=09600SB3637&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51824&DocNum=3637&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3637eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51824&DocNum=3637&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3637enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51824&DocNum=3637&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Antonio Muñoz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Muñoz `filing`
- **2010-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Muñoz `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- **2010-03-16** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2010-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 008-000-000
- **2010-03-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Munoz `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2010
- **2010-03-18** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-18** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-06** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1009 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a6c07de-e390-4f36-87e9-1df8f639c872`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).