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Bill	SHERIFF DEPT-VETERAN EXAM	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a deputy sheriff applicant who is a veteran and who was discharged honorably or generally under honorable conditions no later than 6 months before applying may request examination to occur before the next scheduled examination date and, if requested, shall be examined no later than 2 weeks following receipt of the application. Provides that, once the applicant passes the examination and all other requirements to be on an eligibility list, the applicant shall be immediately placed on the eligibility list. Provides that nothing in the provisions waives eligibility for the applicant to receive military preference points during the application process or employment.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 2778	Illinois SB 2778 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Linda Holmes Martin J. Moylan	4	34	5	2024-01-17	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/01a89ab5-271d-4f37-a8d0-3bd1e719901d	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2778&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151547&SessionID=112	fc0a687cc941636343906788a880856016542de32fe98dd539b464e2ca1c9bb6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2778 (103rd) — SHERIFF DEPT-VETERAN EXAM

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a deputy sheriff applicant who is a veteran and who was discharged honorably or generally under honorable conditions no later than 6 months before applying may request examination to occur before the next scheduled examination date and, if requested, shall be examined no later than 2 weeks following receipt of the application. Provides that, once the applicant passes the examination and all other requirements to be on an eligibility list, the applicant shall be immediately placed on the eligibility list. Provides that nothing in the provisions waives eligibility for the applicant to receive military preference points during the application process or employment.

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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Veterans' Affairs — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Local Government — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Local Government — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Linda Holmes — primary (person)
• Martin J. Moylan — primary (person)
• Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
• Lance Yednock — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Sheehan — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-17 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes filing
• 2024-01-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-01-17 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-01-31 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Postponed - Local Government
• 2024-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-03-14 Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2024
• 2024-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
• 2024-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2024-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2024-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2024-04-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
• 2024-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 013-000-000
• 2024-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2024-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-05-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
• 2024-05-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
• 2024-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date January 1, 2025
• 2024-07-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0623 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01a89ab5-271d-4f37-a8d0-3bd1e719901d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).