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type: "Bill"
title: "DPT VET AFF-ADVERTISE POSITION"
description: "Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs may spend up to $30,000 per fiscal year for the purpose of advertising seeking employees to fill open positions at veterans medical facilities. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4197"
citation: "Illinois HB 4197 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bbcb32b-6df2-4df8-8dd4-8fa6447b7342"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4197&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=47067&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "6cf260e9395c4795bee34956f1451c27881c10f2334e2a615a188ad977d68dbb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 4197 (96th) — DPT VET AFF-ADVERTISE POSITION
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs may spend up to $30,000 per fiscal year for the purpose of advertising seeking employees to fill open positions at veterans medical facilities. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4197&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47067&DocNum=4197&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4197eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47067&DocNum=4197&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4197enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47067&DocNum=4197&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe `filing`
- **2009-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2009-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2009-04-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
- **2009-04-30** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0090 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bbcb32b-6df2-4df8-8dd4-8fa6447b7342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).