republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-2250.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VET BENEFIT FUND REPORTING"
description: "Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that each administrator of an Illinois Veterans Home who has an established locally-held member's benefits fund shall prepare and submit to the Department of Veterans' Affairs a monthly report of all donations received, including donations of a nonmonetary nature. Provides that the report shall include the end of month balance of the locally-held member's benefits fund. Provides that the Department shall prepare a quarterly report on all locally-held member's benefits funds from each Illinois Veterans Home. Provides that the report shall contain the amount of donations received for each veterans' home, including monetary and nonmonetary items, the expenditures and items dispersed, and the end of quarter balance of the locally-held member's benefits funds. Provides that the Department shall submit the quarterly report to the General Assembly and to the Governor and publish the report on its website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 2250"
citation: "Illinois SB 2250 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephanie A. Kifowit", "Sue Rezin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8acb9350-cc39-46f8-94b4-a02d0aed2e73"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2250&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134903&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "cfbe6b8083ff72a52303db3ca4f6780ae2c62b310e0fd92106ca9961d3fc930e"
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 SB 2250 (102nd) — VET BENEFIT FUND REPORTING

Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that each administrator of an Illinois Veterans Home who has an established locally-held member's benefits fund shall prepare and submit to the Department of Veterans' Affairs a monthly report of all donations received, including donations of a nonmonetary nature. Provides that the report shall include the end of month balance of the locally-held member's benefits fund. Provides that the Department shall prepare a quarterly report on all locally-held member's benefits funds from each Illinois Veterans Home. Provides that the report shall contain the amount of donations received for each veterans' home, including monetary and nonmonetary items, the expenditures and items dispersed, and the end of quarter balance of the locally-held member's benefits funds. Provides that the Department shall submit the quarterly report to the General Assembly and to the Governor and publish the report on its website.

## 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/SB/PDF/10200SB2250.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2250eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2250enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stephanie A. Kifowit — primary (person)
- Sue Rezin — primary (person)
- Craig Wilcox — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Dan McConchie — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Yednock — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin `filing`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
- **2021-03-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2021-03-23** Assigned to Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Do Pass Veterans Affairs; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2021
- **2021-04-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 21, 2021
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Veterans' Affairs Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0549 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8acb9350-cc39-46f8-94b4-a02d0aed2e73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).