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Bill	VETERANS MONUMENT PROTECTION	Creates the Veterans' Monument Protection Act. Prohibits any business or recyclable metal dealer, as defined in the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law, to purchase, accept, or give anything of value in exchange for any metal taken from the grave marker of a veteran. Provides that a business or recyclable metal dealer who commits a violation of the Act is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined a maximum of $1,000 per grave marker. Provides that upon discovering that metal from the grave marker of a veteran is missing, a cemetery official shall notify the local law enforcement agency and, if possible, the family of the deceased veteran. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3273	Illinois HB 3273 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2011-02-24	2011-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/e482611d-daba-4e5a-bc5f-6c9c2c6834bc	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3273&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60643&SessionID=84&GA=97	e193ecf916c02f94f40e18ee98ab4d67d69fac3d7f7a5215171dab608955a43f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3273 (97th) — VETERANS MONUMENT PROTECTION

Creates the Veterans' Monument Protection Act. Prohibits any business or recyclable metal dealer, as defined in the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law, to purchase, accept, or give anything of value in exchange for any metal taken from the grave marker of a veteran. Provides that a business or recyclable metal dealer who commits a violation of the Act is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined a maximum of $1,000 per grave marker. Provides that upon discovering that metal from the grave marker of a veteran is missing, a cemetery official shall notify the local law enforcement agency and, if possible, the family of the deceased veteran. 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 — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dave Syverson — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2011-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2011-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
• 2011-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-28 Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2011-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2011-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2011-05-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
• 2011-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2011
• 2011-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0384 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e482611d-daba-4e5a-bc5f-6c9c2c6834bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).