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| Bill | SCH-CD-DIPLOMA-VIETNAM VETERAN | Amends the School Code. Allows school boards to award high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans who served in the armed forces of the United States during the Vietnam Conflict. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 3731 | Illinois HB 3731 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 28 | 2 | 2009-02-25 | 2009-07-27 | openstates | ocd-bill/dffda2ff-3a09-4f88-b64b-36dc9d29bcf7 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3731&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46515&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 4ad46872752b0676963ea392cc77b8fd3738ead1c47a4deece3279e2a38d0aab | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 3731 (96th) — SCH-CD-DIPLOMA-VIETNAM VETERAN
Amends the School Code. Allows school boards to award high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans who served in the armed forces of the United States during the Vietnam Conflict. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Sidney H. Mathias — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
filing - 2009-02-25 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-25 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-03-03 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
referral-committee - 2009-03-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- 2009-03-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- 2009-03-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009
reading-1 - 2009-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
- 2009-03-30 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-04-15 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Do Pass Education; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
- 2009-05-13 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-07-27 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-07-27 Effective Date July 27, 2009
- 2009-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0088
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dffda2ff-3a09-4f88-b64b-36dc9d29bcf7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).