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Bill	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.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 2278	Illinois SB 2278 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	49	2	2018-01-10	2018-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/9cc9d277-bf26-44b4-b84e-f406f47842a7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2278&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=108494&SessionID=91&GA=100	05e0bef19a60dfaa15f757b185962c619dc03270de86e6083a3d25107c815226	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2278 (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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Avery Bourne — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
• Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry Costello, II — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
• La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Michael D. Unes — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Halpin — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. McAuliffe — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie Phelps Finnie — cosponsor (person)
• Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Reick — cosponsor (person)
• Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)
• Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff filing
• 2018-01-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-01-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Assigned to Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-30 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2018-01-30 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf
• 2018-01-30 Do Pass Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-01-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading January 30, 2018
• 2018-02-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 21, 2018
• 2018-02-21 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-02-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
• 2018-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2018-03-28 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2018-04-12 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2018-04-26 Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
• 2018-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
• 2018-05-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie Phelps Finnie
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
• 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
• 2018-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2018-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2018-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2018-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
• 2018-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0835 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9cc9d277-bf26-44b4-b84e-f406f47842a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).