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| Bill | MUNI CD MILITARY PREFERENCE | Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that persons who were engaged in active military or naval service of the United States for at least one year (now, at any time during certain stated periods) and who were honorably discharged shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, positions, and places of employment in the classified service of a municipality that is subject to Division 1 of the Code. Provides that the municipality's civil service commission shall give preference points for original appointments to qualified veterans, whose names appear on any register of eligibles resulting from a civil service entrance exam, by adding 5 points to their final grade averages. Provides that qualified veterans shall be preferred for promotional civil service appointments and that the preference that the qualified veterans will receive shall be seven-tenths of one point for each 6 months or fraction thereof of active military or naval service not exceeding 30 months (now, no requirement that the service be active). Makes other changes. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | HB 1458 | Illinois HB 1458 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 36 | 2 | 2005-02-10 | 2005-08-08 | openstates | ocd-bill/25bd03de-2200-46f6-89d7-15be00d7a7ab | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1458&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16257&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 6479a0950a457612ee7ebbc773767e1a66b0aba5b0c47350f17d1b3c7dd421e2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 1458 (94th) — MUNI CD MILITARY PREFERENCE
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that persons who were engaged in active military or naval service of the United States for at least one year (now, at any time during certain stated periods) and who were honorably discharged shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, positions, and places of employment in the classified service of a municipality that is subject to Division 1 of the Code. Provides that the municipality's civil service commission shall give preference points for original appointments to qualified veterans, whose names appear on any register of eligibles resulting from a civil service entrance exam, by adding 5 points to their final grade averages. Provides that qualified veterans shall be preferred for promotional civil service appointments and that the preference that the qualified veterans will receive shall be seven-tenths of one point for each 6 months or fraction thereof of active military or naval service not exceeding 30 months (now, no requirement that the service be active). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
filing - 2005-02-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- 2005-02-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- 2005-02-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- 2005-02-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- 2005-02-10 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-16 Assigned to Local Government Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 2005-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-03-03 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- 2005-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2005-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- 2005-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- 2005-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
- 2005-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-03-15 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 16, 2005
reading-1 - 2005-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- 2005-03-17 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-03-17 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-04-13 Assigned to Local Government
referral-committee - 2005-04-20 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- 2005-04-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- 2005-05-10 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- 2005-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-16 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-14 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-08-08 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-08-08 Effective Date August 8, 2005
- 2005-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0483
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25bd03de-2200-46f6-89d7-15be00d7a7ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).