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| Bill | MILITARY-VETERANS COURT ACT | Creates the Military and Veterans Court Act. Permits the Chief Judge of a judicial circuit to establish a military and veterans court program for veterans and active duty service members. Provides that in such judicial circuits, a veteran or active duty service member who has a substance abuse problem and who is subject to a criminal proceeding may with the consent of the prosecution and with the approval of the court be admitted into a military and veterans court program. Excludes from the program a veteran or active duty service member: charged with a crime of violence within the past 10 years, excluding incarceration time; who denies his or her use of or addiction to drugs; or who does not demonstrate a willingness to participate in a treatment program. Provides that the military and veterans court program shall include a regimen of graduated requirements, rewards and sanctions, including: fines, costs, restitution, public service employment, incarceration of up to 120 days, individual and group therapy, drug analysis testing, close court monitoring, educational or vocational counseling, and other requirements to fulfill the program. Provides for revocation and resentencing of the person who violates the conditions of the program or who engages in criminal conduct rendering the person unsuitable for the program, or who is not performing satisfactorily or not benefiting from the education, treatment or rehabilitation. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 4212 | Illinois HB 4212 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 53 | 2 | 2009-02-27 | 2009-07-27 | openstates | ocd-bill/48f5361f-ebc1-493f-b035-7be0c43e608f | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4212&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=47082&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 11c9c3a199bba0a63fa908be28e969fc55a30e8ea4b1e381b690cd3595b670ad | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 4212 (96th) — MILITARY-VETERANS COURT ACT
Creates the Military and Veterans Court Act. Permits the Chief Judge of a judicial circuit to establish a military and veterans court program for veterans and active duty service members. Provides that in such judicial circuits, a veteran or active duty service member who has a substance abuse problem and who is subject to a criminal proceeding may with the consent of the prosecution and with the approval of the court be admitted into a military and veterans court program. Excludes from the program a veteran or active duty service member: charged with a crime of violence within the past 10 years, excluding incarceration time; who denies his or her use of or addiction to drugs; or who does not demonstrate a willingness to participate in a treatment program. Provides that the military and veterans court program shall include a regimen of graduated requirements, rewards and sanctions, including: fines, costs, restitution, public service employment, incarceration of up to 120 days, individual and group therapy, drug analysis testing, close court monitoring, educational or vocational counseling, and other requirements to fulfill the program. Provides for revocation and resentencing of the person who violates the conditions of the program or who engages in criminal conduct rendering the person unsuitable for the program, or who is not performing satisfactorily or not benefiting from the education, treatment or rehabilitation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Michael W. Tryon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael W. Tryon
filing - 2009-02-27 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-02-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- 2009-02-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- 2009-02-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- 2009-02-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- 2009-02-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
- 2009-02-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- 2009-02-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- 2009-02-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- 2009-03-04 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2009-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- 2009-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
- 2009-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- 2009-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2009-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
- 2009-03-12 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 003-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-03-12 Remains in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
- 2009-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- 2009-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2009-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- 2009-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael W. Tryon
amendment-introduction - 2009-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2009-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-04-02 Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- 2009-04-02 Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- 2009-04-02 Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- 2009-04-02 Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- 2009-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-04-02 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2009-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009
reading-1 - 2009-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- 2009-04-15 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-04-15 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Assigned to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2009-04-29 Postponed - Judiciary
- 2009-05-06 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
- 2009-05-13 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
- 2009-05-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- 2009-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-05-15 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-06-12 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0093
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48f5361f-ebc1-493f-b035-7be0c43e608f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).