---
type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS"
description: "Amends the National Guard Veterans Exposure to Hazardous Materials Act. Repeals provisions: establishing a task force to study the possible health effects of the exposure to hazardous materials; requiring the task force to submit a report by January 31, 2008; and terminating the task force on the earlier of the date it submitted the report or January 31, 2008."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1537"
citation: "Illinois HB 1537 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46462729-6d09-4caf-881e-035a1cebc50b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1537&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58677&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "70bf4618546e3836e4c20b843a9465ed779f88e780c869a8f2264cc570e4580d"
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 1537 (97th) — VETERANS-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Amends the National Guard Veterans Exposure to Hazardous Materials Act. Repeals provisions: establishing a task force to study the possible health effects of the exposure to hazardous materials; requiring the task force to submit a report by January 31, 2008; and terminating the task force on the earlier of the date it submitted the report or January 31, 2008.

## 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=09700HB1537&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58677&DocNum=1537&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1537eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58677&DocNum=1537&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1537enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58677&DocNum=1537&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia `filing`
- **2011-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2011-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2011
- **2011-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs
- **2011-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 006-000-000
- **2011-05-19** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Holmes `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2011
- **2011-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2011-05-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2011-05-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2011-05-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2011-05-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2011-05-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2011-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Veterans' Affairs Committee; 013-000-000
- **2011-05-31** Added Co-Sponsor All Other Members of the House
- **2011-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
- **2011-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-05** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0258 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46462729-6d09-4caf-881e-035a1cebc50b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).