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Bill	PROP TX-DISABLED VETERANS	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property up to an assessed value of $70,000 (now,$58,000), owned and used exclusively by a disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the veteran, as a home, is exempt. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 270	Illinois HB 270 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	50	2	2005-01-18	2005-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/ef9524ff-77bb-4734-be1a-6d2624f6e6d6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=270&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14490&SessionID=50&GA=94	016a44c7ffa5b72d87ad607efe219c26d90b194b0b7d3adc35ce8bde8e66c9d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 270 (94th) — PROP TX-DISABLED VETERANS

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property up to an assessed value of $70,000 (now,$58,000), owned and used exclusively by a disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the veteran, as a home, is exempt. 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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson filing
• 2005-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-01-26 Assigned to Revenue Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2005-02-18 Recommends Be Adopted Sub-committee/ Revenue Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-02-18 Remains in Revenue Committee
• 2005-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
• 2005-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2005-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2005-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2005-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2005-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
• 2005-04-11 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-12 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2005-04-21 Do Pass Revenue; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
• 2005-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
• 2005-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2005-05-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-25 Effective Date July 25, 2005
• 2005-07-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0310 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef9524ff-77bb-4734-be1a-6d2624f6e6d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).