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Bill	VET COURT TREATMENT-COUNTIES	Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that at the discretion of the Chief Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be operated in one or more counties in the Circuit, and allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties within the Circuit to participate.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 1238	Illinois SB 1238 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2017-02-07	2017-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/be432e07-4236-4dbf-9411-cae9e15c101d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1238&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=103483&SessionID=91&GA=100	aa2ee53671e4e0df13deb93493d4dbffe7ca693bde235a72d6fe2af1d4dbb7c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1238 (100th) — VET COURT TREATMENT-COUNTIES

Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that at the discretion of the Chief Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be operated in one or more counties in the Circuit, and allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties within the Circuit to participate.

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

• Third Reading — 108–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Christine Winger — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Welter — cosponsor (person)
• John Cavaletto — cosponsor (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
• Wm. Sam McCann — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann filing
• 2017-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-03-01 Do Pass Criminal Law; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2017
• 2017-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 4, 2017
• 2017-04-26 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-04-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
• 2017-04-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2017-04-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
• 2017-05-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
• 2017-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
• 2017-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger
• 2017-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
• 2017-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2017-05-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2017-05-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2017-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-11 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0088 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be432e07-4236-4dbf-9411-cae9e15c101d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).