republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-3044.md

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Bill	DHS-PUBLIC AID-VIOLENCE VICTIM	Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop and implement a program to provide cash assistance, equivalent to that provided under the TANF program, to children or adults who have been victims of domestic violence or extreme cruelty committed within the United States and who are legal immigrants to the United States and would be eligible for TANF assistance except that they have not been present in the United States for 5 years as otherwise required under the Code. Effective July 1, 2003.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 3044	Illinois HB 3044 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2003-02-26	2003-07-24	openstates	ocd-bill/11ebf759-b009-48bf-8e92-39046052ee1d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3044&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5616&SessionID=3&GA=93	ce14671614dcbcb6c129e1e048250ca200bae880859aadb6e45292bc465d3a91	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3044 (93rd) — DHS-PUBLIC AID-VIOLENCE VICTIM

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop and implement a program to provide cash assistance, equivalent to that provided under the TANF program, to children or adults who have been victims of domestic violence or extreme cruelty committed within the United States and who are legal immigrants to the United States and would be eligible for TANF assistance except that they have not been present in the United States for 5 years as otherwise required under the Code. Effective July 1, 2003.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eddie Washington — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Eddie Washington filing
• 2003-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2003-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2003-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2003-02-27 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 005-000-003 committee-passage
• 2003-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Eddie Washington amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2003-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
• 2003-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2003-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-04-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Miguel del Valle
• 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-24 Effective Date July 24, 2003
• 2003-07-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0342 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11ebf759-b009-48bf-8e92-39046052ee1d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).