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Bill	INC TAX-CHECKOFF-VETERAN HOMES	Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax checkoff for the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund. Further amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act to provide that from appropriations to the Department from the Fund the Department shall purchase needed equipment and supplies to enhance the lives of the residents at and to enhance the operations of veterans' homes in Illinois. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 5157	Illinois HB 5157 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	50	3	2004-02-05	2004-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/b1114edd-6f67-42f4-b130-52c965a0e6e2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5157&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=10024&SessionID=3&GA=93	d31b8ef228639d00c45ab596f42de6eefa2ae7b841918d8fb557a0774ee3423c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5157 (93rd) — INC TAX-CHECKOFF-VETERAN HOMES

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax checkoff for the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund. Further amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act to provide that from appropriations to the Department from the Fund the Department shall purchase needed equipment and supplies to enhance the lives of the residents at and to enhance the operations of veterans' homes in Illinois. Effective immediately.

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 — 100–16 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jim Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson filing
• 2004-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-19 Assigned to Revenue Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue Committee amendment-introduction
• 2004-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Revenue Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2004-03-04 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2004-03-30 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-016-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-31 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2004-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 1, 2004 reading-1
• 2004-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch
• 2004-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-04-21 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-21 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2004-04-29 Do Pass Revenue; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2004
• 2004-05-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patrick Welch amendment-introduction
• 2004-05-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-05-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue
• 2004-05-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Revenue; 009-000-000
• 2004-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-05-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Welch amendment-passage
• 2004-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2004
• 2004-05-13 Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, extended to January 11, 2005. reading-3
• 2004-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-18 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2004-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jim Watson
• 2004-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Revenue Committee referral-committee
• 2004-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Revenue Committee; 009-000-000
• 2004-05-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
• 2004-05-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2004-05-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2004-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-000-000
• 2004-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-05-27 Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
• 2004-05-27 Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2004-05-27 Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
• 2004-05-27 Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
• 2004-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-07-21 Effective Date July 21, 2004
• 2004-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0776 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1114edd-6f67-42f4-b130-52c965a0e6e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).