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Bill	CRIM CD-VETERANS BEN FRAUD	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that State benefits fraud is a Class 3 felony if $300 or less is obtained and a Class 2 felony if more than $300 is obtained (rather than a Class 4 felony if the amount of benefits obtained is $300 or less and a Class 3 felony if more than $300 is obtained) if a person knowingly misrepresents oneself as a veteran or as a dependent of a veteran with the intent of obtaining benefits or privileges provided by the State or its political subdivisions to veterans or their dependents.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 1491	Illinois SB 1491 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2005-02-23	2005-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/82e8d743-71fb-4cd3-98b6-f6f49ea6e8e4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1491&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=19539&SessionID=50&GA=94	b9e8f36b80046519cec310a9b0e9ca918f670205acb2e23c8bbbcaff3a9420fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1491 (94th) — CRIM CD-VETERANS BEN FRAUD

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that State benefits fraud is a Class 3 felony if $300 or less is obtained and a Class 2 felony if more than $300 is obtained (rather than a Class 4 felony if the amount of benefits obtained is $300 or less and a Class 3 felony if more than $300 is obtained) if a person knowingly misrepresents oneself as a veteran or as a dependent of a veteran with the intent of obtaining benefits or privileges provided by the State or its political subdivisions to veterans or their dependents.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adeline Jay Geo-Karis — primary (person)
• Careen M Gordon — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
• David Reis — cosponsor (person)
• Edward J. Acevedo — cosponsor (person)
• John E. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa M. Dugan — cosponsor (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
• Robert F. Flider — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-23 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis filing
• 2005-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-23 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2005-03-09 Do Pass Judiciary; 007-003-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2005
• 2005-03-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 17, 2005
• 2005-04-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-04-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
• 2005-04-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2005-04-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2005-04-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
• 2005-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
• 2005-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-04-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2005-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2005-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
• 2005-04-20 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
• 2005-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-05-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2005-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-004-002 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-08 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0486 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82e8d743-71fb-4cd3-98b6-f6f49ea6e8e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).