republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-1458.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI CD MILITARY PREFERENCE"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1458"
citation: "Illinois HB 1458 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-10"
last_action: "2005-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25bd03de-2200-46f6-89d7-15be00d7a7ab"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1458&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16257&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "6479a0950a457612ee7ebbc773767e1a66b0aba5b0c47350f17d1b3c7dd421e2"
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 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.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1458&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16257&DocNum=1458&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1458eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16257&DocNum=1458&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1458enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16257&DocNum=1458&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25bd03de-2200-46f6-89d7-15be00d7a7ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).