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Bill	ID CARD-HOMELESS PERSON	Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act to authorize identification cards for homeless persons at no fee. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 897	Illinois HB 897 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2009-02-10	2009-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/78f6bc5f-20b5-45a6-8a49-d7dee5f5e955	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=897&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42455&SessionID=76&GA=96	1b387af47e4dd38741382793982b755b5ee7acde7ccb3980c6c58f8ffb0cc0fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 897 (96th) — ID CARD-HOMELESS PERSON

Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act to authorize identification cards for homeless persons at no fee. 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 — 106–9 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greg Harris — primary (person)
• Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2009-02-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-02-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-02-25 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-001-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2009-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
• 2009-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2009-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-009-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
• 2009-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2009-04-30 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-10 Effective Date July 1, 2010
• 2009-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0183 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78f6bc5f-20b5-45a6-8a49-d7dee5f5e955. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).