---
type: "Bill"
title: "AIR FORCE COMBAT ACTION MEDAL"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue Air Force Combat Action Medal license plates to a resident who was awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal. Makes other conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4108"
citation: "Illinois HB 4108 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce Mason", "Michael W. Halpin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-07-10"
last_action: "2024-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f77f112f-4267-43d1-8cba-f868f917d9c9"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4108&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=150270&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "07aac4d3eb09cca772ecefefb171655b3b8f9ed0497a92eb47dd3ca39a812118"
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 4108 (103rd) — AIR FORCE COMBAT ACTION MEDAL

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue Air Force Combat Action Medal license plates to a resident who was awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal. Makes other conforming changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4108.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4108eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4108enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Transportation: Vehicles & Safety — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joyce Mason — primary (person)
- Michael W. Halpin — primary (person)
- Brandun Schweizer — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Reick — cosponsor (person)
- Tony M. McCombie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason `filing`
- **2023-07-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2023-07-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2023-10-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-10-18** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-05** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 011-000-000
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2024-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2024-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass Transportation; 013-000-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2024-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2024-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0660 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f77f112f-4267-43d1-8cba-f868f917d9c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).