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type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS' AFFAIRS-REFERENCES"
description: "Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Amends various Acts by correcting references to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act and the Department of Veterans' Affairs and by eliminating references to the Illinois Veterans' Commission, which was the predecessor agency of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Effective January 1, 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3018"
citation: "Illinois HB 3018 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb7144e7-4ec2-42ff-8a6a-5ddd3d57305f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3018&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104578&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "553b54c118c5e47816ac0e1f14681ca283d11fde10966b634d0195406c17693c"
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 3018 (100th) — VETERANS' AFFAIRS-REFERENCES
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Amends various Acts by correcting references to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act and the Department of Veterans' Affairs and by eliminating references to the Illinois Veterans' Commission, which was the predecessor agency of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Effective January 1, 2018.
## 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=10000HB3018&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104578&DocNum=3018&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3018eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104578&DocNum=3018&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3018enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104578&DocNum=3018&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1060** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)
- Thomas Cullerton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2017-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf
- **2017-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2017-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2017
- **2017-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2017-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0143 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb7144e7-4ec2-42ff-8a6a-5ddd3d57305f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).