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Bill	MILITARY CD-HONORARY COLONELS	Amends the Military Code of Illinois to create the Illinois Patriot Law. Creates within the Department of Military Affairs an honorary regiment of Colonels to be known as the Governor's Regiment. Provides that the Governor may bestow the honorary title of Colonel on individuals whose accomplishments, achievements, or service have contributed to the fellowship and goodwill of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 1776	Illinois SB 1776 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2005-02-25	2005-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/c2bece18-9da5-4284-b77a-3f318c1cb7c7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1776&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=18436&SessionID=50&GA=94	8a66251df71ababa9027f7054a76409cac32352906ba97f600152eeb8c9bfc00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1776 (94th) — MILITARY CD-HONORARY COLONELS

Amends the Military Code of Illinois to create the Illinois Patriot Law. Creates within the Department of Military Affairs an honorary regiment of Colonels to be known as the Governor's Regiment. Provides that the Governor may bestow the honorary title of Colonel on individuals whose accomplishments, achievements, or service have contributed to the fellowship and goodwill of the State of Illinois. 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 — 98–18 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Lauzen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-25 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Lauzen filing
• 2005-02-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-25 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2005-03-17 Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005
• 2005-04-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2005
• 2005-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randall M. Hultgren
• 2005-04-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-28 Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-20 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005
• 2005-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-018-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-12 Effective Date August 12, 2005
• 2005-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0581 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2bece18-9da5-4284-b77a-3f318c1cb7c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).