---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOTTERY-VETERAN SERVICES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, requires that appropriations from the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund be used equally for the Fund's 5 statutory purposes. Effective July 1, 2007."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1539"
citation: "Illinois HB 1539 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4db2c7ab-1297-4212-9390-5fc114c272fa"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1539&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30345&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "86b8781e2726300e17de26e6e87040b16543a4a4379353a2b5bb707924444d06"
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 1539 (95th) — LOTTERY-VETERAN SERVICES

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, requires that appropriations from the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund be used equally for the Fund's 5 statutory purposes. Effective July 1, 2007.

## 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=09500HB1539&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30345&DocNum=1539&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1539eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30345&DocNum=1539&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1539enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30345&DocNum=1539&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **111–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Mulligan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan `filing`
- **2007-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Veterans Affairs Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Veterans Affairs Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert
- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2007-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2007-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2007-04-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2007-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 24, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2007-05-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass Revenue; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-13** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
- **2007-09-19** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 2, 2007
- **2007-09-21** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2007-10-03** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-10-03** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 111-000-000
- **2007-10-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2007-10-10** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 11, 2007
- **2007-10-11** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2007-10-11** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-10-11** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 058-000-000
- **2007-10-11** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
- **2007-10-17** Effective Date October 11, 2007
- **2007-10-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0649 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4db2c7ab-1297-4212-9390-5fc114c272fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).