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Bill	DISPOSITON OF REMAINS-MILITARY	Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Provides that notwithstanding provisions to the contrary, in the case of decedents who die while serving as members of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the United States Reserved Forces, and who have executed the required U.S. Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data Form (DD Form 93), or successor form, the person designated in such form to direct disposition of the decedent's remains shall have the right to control the disposition, including cremation, of the decedent's remains. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5678	Illinois HB 5678 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2010-02-09	2010-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/fa600547-b1ea-475e-8ee1-c1323242fabd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5678&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50874&SessionID=76&GA=96	4b6b56d190566257ab417bad9872a16ba82356222b2440586e462c9b05b6a995	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5678 (96th) — DISPOSITON OF REMAINS-MILITARY

Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Provides that notwithstanding provisions to the contrary, in the case of decedents who die while serving as members of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the United States Reserved Forces, and who have executed the required U.S. Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data Form (DD Form 93), or successor form, the person designated in such form to direct disposition of the decedent's remains shall have the right to control the disposition, including cremation, of the decedent's remains. 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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard filing
• 2010-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2010-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2010-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
• 2010-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2010-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2010-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
• 2010-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2010-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2010-03-09 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 10, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2010-03-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-15 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
• 2010-04-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-23 Effective Date July 23, 2010
• 2010-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1243 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa600547-b1ea-475e-8ee1-c1323242fabd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).