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Bill	VETERANS ADVISORY COUNCIL	Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Changes the composition of the veterans advisory council from 17 to 21 by adding one person appointed by the Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard, one person appointed by the Illinois Attorney General, one person appointed by the Illinois Secretary of State, and one person appointed by the Director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Provides that one veteran or family member of a veteran (rather than one veteran) appointed by the commander or president of each veterans service organization or military family organization (rather than only each veterans service organization) that is chartered by the federal government and by the State of Illinois and elects to appoint a member shall sit on the council. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5398	Illinois HB 5398 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2010-02-04	2010-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/deed023d-d95b-4b7b-92d1-0643302da8de	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5398&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50432&SessionID=76&GA=96	91d2d1cf5f4812f65d19dbae4a39c9d7e395ab0fc2285996ac1a00c26c6cac29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5398 (96th) — VETERANS ADVISORY COUNCIL

Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Changes the composition of the veterans advisory council from 17 to 21 by adding one person appointed by the Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard, one person appointed by the Illinois Attorney General, one person appointed by the Illinois Secretary of State, and one person appointed by the Director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Provides that one veteran or family member of a veteran (rather than one veteran) appointed by the commander or president of each veterans service organization or military family organization (rather than only each veterans service organization) that is chartered by the federal government and by the State of Illinois and elects to appoint a member shall sit on the council. 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 — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe filing
• 2010-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Veterans' Affairs Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Veterans' Affairs Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-03-04 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2010-03-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2010-03-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
• 2010-03-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2010-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2010-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
• 2010-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2010-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
• 2010-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
• 2010-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2010-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
• 2010-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2010-03-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-16 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2010-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-26 Effective Date July 26, 2010
• 2010-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1266 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/deed023d-d95b-4b7b-92d1-0643302da8de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).