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Bill	VET HOME RESIDENT CHARGES	Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Removes the provision that a veterans home resident's maintenance charges must be paid first and to the fullest extent possible from sources of income other than pensions or compensation paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 1837	Illinois SB 1837 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2009-02-20	2009-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/70e73ad8-1e26-45db-beb5-126b4097aaf7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1837&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44666&SessionID=76&GA=96	9ba6dfe02cf8a255749b0a88f97d393c6db090e53ccbe968af7346a32d61f2ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1837 (96th) — VET HOME RESIDENT CHARGES

Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Removes the provision that a veterans home resident's maintenance charges must be paid first and to the fullest extent possible from sources of income other than pensions or compensation paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Deanna Demuzio — primary (person)
• Eddie Washington — cosponsor (person)
• Robert F. Flider — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio filing
• 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2009-03-12 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
• 2009-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2009-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2009-05-08 Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 22, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2009-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2009-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-19 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0100 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70e73ad8-1e26-45db-beb5-126b4097aaf7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).