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Bill	LINE OF DUTY-ELIGIBLE PARENT	Amends provisions regarding the payment of compensation under the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that, in the case of a person killed in the line of duty who was born out of wedlock and was not an adoptive child at the time of the person's death, a person shall be deemed to be a parent of the person killed in the line of duty only if that person would be an eligible parent of the person killed in the line of duty under specified criteria in the Probate Act of 1975. Applies to a pending claim if compensation was not paid before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 5251	Illinois HB 5251 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2006-01-24	2006-06-08	openstates	ocd-bill/0364177d-92ed-4ea6-a4d6-50f188702406	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5251&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=24500&SessionID=50&GA=94	70cca4c7d4612a81edf422458a6b450c6dc7db9496a2278187414427c26f19e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5251 (94th) — LINE OF DUTY-ELIGIBLE PARENT

Amends provisions regarding the payment of compensation under the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that, in the case of a person killed in the line of duty who was born out of wedlock and was not an adoptive child at the time of the person's death, a person shall be deemed to be a parent of the person killed in the line of duty only if that person would be an eligible parent of the person killed in the line of duty under specified criteria in the Probate Act of 1975. Applies to a pending claim if compensation was not paid before the effective date of the amendatory Act. 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 — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arthur J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Cullerton — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick J Verschoore — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-01-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick J Verschoore filing
• 2006-01-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-01-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2006-01-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2006-01-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2006-01-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2006-01-31 Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2006-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Veterans Affairs Committee amendment-introduction
• 2006-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Veterans Affairs Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2006-02-09 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-02-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-02-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2006-02-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2006-02-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2006-02-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2006-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2006-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2006-02-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-02-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2006-02-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2006-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2006-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-22 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-02-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
• 2006-03-01 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2006-03-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2006-03-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
• 2006-03-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2006-03-16 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 22, 2006
• 2006-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2006
• 2006-03-27 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-03-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-04-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2006-04-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
• 2006-04-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-06-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-06-08 Effective Date June 8, 2006
• 2006-06-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0843 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0364177d-92ed-4ea6-a4d6-50f188702406. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).