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type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS HOMES-SPOUSES"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5683"
citation: "Illinois HB 5683 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/679e42d8-e0c2-4dbe-bf0b-3f195cb5cf43"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5683&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=111764&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "22abbb249e978f927675169f2d98f76c4bcec1b48a726195e1d721c2aa339b27"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5683&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111764&DocNum=5683&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5683eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111764&DocNum=5683&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5683enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111764&DocNum=5683&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Concurrence — **1070** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **500** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1110** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/679e42d8-e0c2-4dbe-bf0b-3f195cb5cf43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).