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Bill	MUNI CODE-VETERANS PREFERENCE	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section concerning veterans' preference, provides that "active duty military or naval service of the United States" includes training at a service school that is ordered pursuant to certain provisions of federal law.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 849	Illinois HB 849 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	47	3	2009-02-09	2009-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/e21e005b-634e-4eaa-a3cf-0018eb3211ef	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=849&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42365&SessionID=76&GA=96	4dfe6f0e371fe30074f5abdc8dde265d2182a1e296a012fc2982b810d0160532	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 849 (96th) — MUNI CODE-VETERANS PREFERENCE

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section concerning veterans' preference, provides that "active duty military or naval service of the United States" includes training at a service school that is ordered pursuant to certain provisions of federal law.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gary G. Dahl — cosponsor (person)
• Rich Brauer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rich Brauer filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2009-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2009-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2009-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2009-02-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
• 2009-03-30 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-30 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 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
• 2009-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-04-14 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-002 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
• 2009-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson amendment-introduction
• 2009-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-05-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2009-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000
• 2009-05-19 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Hutchinson amendment-passage
• 2009-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2009-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2009-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
• 2009-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 117-000-000
• 2009-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-07-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-07-27 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0083 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e21e005b-634e-4eaa-a3cf-0018eb3211ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).