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type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS ASSISTANCE COMMISSION"
description: "Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Provides that if a post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment of a military veterans organization serves more than one county, then it shall be permitted to select one delegate and one alternate for the Veterans Assistance Commission in each county in which at least 25% of its members reside. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3515"
citation: "Illinois HB 3515 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith R. Wheeler", "Sue Rezin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7848da4-bfdb-421e-b97b-cf7a060165ab"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3515&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132526&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "41796297547201031b9db48c55e584b3b6d13d2e3510f151892906414260597c"
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 3515 (102nd) — VETERANS ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Provides that if a post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment of a military veterans organization serves more than one county, then it shall be permitted to select one delegate and one alternate for the Veterans Assistance Commission in each county in which at least 25% of its members reside. Effective immediately.
## 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/10200HB3515.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3515eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3515enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Keith R. Wheeler — primary (person)
- Sue Rezin — primary (person)
- Chris Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler `filing`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2021-03-23** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Veterans' Affairs Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 27, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
- **2021-05-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Assigned to Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Do Pass Veterans Affairs; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
- **2021-05-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
- **2021-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date August 20, 2021
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0484 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7848da4-bfdb-421e-b97b-cf7a060165ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).