---
type: "Bill"
title: "MISSING PERSONS-VETERANS"
description: "Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Provides that the definition of \"high-risk missing person\" includes a person who is a veteran or active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, or any reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is believed to have a physical or mental health condition that is related to his or her service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 4212"
citation: "Illinois HB 4212 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4053a389-de15-4d47-a16c-e11a25c879f7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4212&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=108564&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "2aabd9c1559d4f6e33938b4c06778a41f7e21b98fb371bb7de77754966fe477d"
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 4212 (100th) — MISSING PERSONS-VETERANS

Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Provides that the definition of "high-risk missing person" includes a person who is a veteran or active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, or any reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is believed to have a physical or mental health condition that is related to his or her service.

## 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=10000HB4212&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=108564&DocNum=4212&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4212eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=108564&DocNum=4212&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4212enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=108564&DocNum=4212&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Swanson — primary (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Schimpf — cosponsor (person)
- Wm. Sam McCann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Swanson `filing`
- **2018-01-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David B. Reis
- **2018-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
- **2018-01-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2018-01-17** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2018-01-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2018-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2018-02-12** Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2018-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2018-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2018-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2018-03-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2018-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2018-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie Phelps Finnie
- **2018-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
- **2018-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
- **2018-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
- **2018-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-03-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2018-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2018-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2018-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2018-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf
- **2018-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2018-05-02** Do Pass Veterans Affairs; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2018
- **2018-05-03** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2018-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2018
- **2018-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
- **2018-05-10** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-10** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-27** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0631 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4053a389-de15-4d47-a16c-e11a25c879f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).