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type: "Bill"
title: "DEPT VET AFF-JOINING FORCES"
description: "Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Allows specified actions to be performed by the designee of the Director of Veterans' Affairs. Provides that the Illinois Joining Forces Foundation shall (currently, may) be assisted in carrying out its functions by Department of Veterans' Affairs personnel, including legal professionals. Requires the Foundation's audit to be included in the Department's audit and to be prepared by the Department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 2369"
citation: "Illinois HB 2369 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig Wilcox", "Stephanie A. Kifowit"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2023-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80ef5d43-06b9-4198-8eae-9140ccb333ba"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2369&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=131118&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "b505b4031b29da2a24a3f29caad58e7eb74ed398429cef1a1371f7468d56c9bf"
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 2369 (102nd) — DEPT VET AFF-JOINING FORCES
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Allows specified actions to be performed by the designee of the Director of Veterans' Affairs. Provides that the Illinois Joining Forces Foundation shall (currently, may) be assisted in carrying out its functions by Department of Veterans' Affairs personnel, including legal professionals. Requires the Foundation's audit to be included in the Department's audit and to be prepared by the Department.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2369.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2369eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2369ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2369ham002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2369sam001.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2369enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Concurrence — **1100** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **480** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Craig Wilcox — primary (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — primary (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Ellman — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Yingling — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit `filing`
- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Veterans' Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Veterans' Affairs Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-29** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2021
- **2021-10-13** Assigned to Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-13** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As December 1, 2021
- **2021-11-28** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-11-14** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Craig Wilcox
- **2022-11-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2023-01-04** Re-assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Craig Wilcox `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
- **2023-01-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government
- **2023-01-05** Waive Posting Notice
- **2023-01-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-05** Do Pass as Amended State Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2023-01-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading January 6, 2023
- **2023-01-06** Third Reading - Passed; 048-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2023-01-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2023-01-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2023-01-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2023-01-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2023-01-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2023-01-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2023-01-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2023-01-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2023-01-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2023-01-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 110-000-000
- **2023-01-10** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-02-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-10** Effective Date February 10, 2023
- **2023-02-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1132 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80ef5d43-06b9-4198-8eae-9140ccb333ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).