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Bill	VETERANS HOMES-SPOUSES	Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that a non-veteran spouse shall only have the same priority for admission to a Veterans Home as a veteran if the non-veteran spouse and his or her veteran spouse are admitted at the same time to live together at the Veterans Home. Makes corresponding changes in provisions concerning the admission of a spouse to the Illinois Veterans Homes at Anna or Quincy.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 5683	Illinois HB 5683 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	46	3	2018-02-16	2018-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/679e42d8-e0c2-4dbe-bf0b-3f195cb5cf43	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5683&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=111764&SessionID=91&GA=100	22abbb249e978f927675169f2d98f76c4bcec1b48a726195e1d721c2aa339b27	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5683 (100th) — VETERANS HOMES-SPOUSES

Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that a non-veteran spouse shall only have the same priority for admission to a Veterans Home as a veteran if the non-veteran spouse and his or her veteran spouse are admitted at the same time to live together at the Veterans Home. Makes corresponding changes in provisions concerning the admission of a spouse to the Illinois Veterans Homes at Anna or Quincy.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
• Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
• Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)
• Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe filing
• 2018-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-05 Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2018-04-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2018-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 26, 2018 reading-1
• 2018-04-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf
• 2018-04-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-05-15 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2018
• 2018-05-15 Assigned to Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-05-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Paul Schimpf amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-05-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2018-05-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Veterans Affairs
• 2018-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2018-05-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-05-22 Do Pass as Amended Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 23, 2018
• 2018-05-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2018
• 2018-05-25 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
• 2018-05-25 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2018-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-25 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2018-05-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2018-05-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Veterans' Affairs Committee; 007-000-000
• 2018-05-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
• 2018-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 107-000-001
• 2018-05-31 House Concurs
• 2018-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2018-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-02 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2018-07-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-07-17 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-07-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0608 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/679e42d8-e0c2-4dbe-bf0b-3f195cb5cf43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).