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Bill	RETURNING VETERANS TASK FORCE	Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Creates the Returning Veterans Task Force consisting of members from specified veterans' organizations to develop a plan to coordinate efforts to open doors for returning veterans who have sacrificed for our nation. Contains provisions regarding: the composition of the Task Force; vacancies; duties; compensation; reporting requirements; and duration. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3315	Illinois HB 3315 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2011-02-24	2011-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/a06d0d59-c787-4876-ab94-d0f625ecc599	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3315&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60690&SessionID=84&GA=97	03ef0197fd2f56681e0427dc499ad0fe388f8ebf51e5ee2e9d457c0361c0ba72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3315 (97th) — RETURNING VETERANS TASK FORCE

Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Creates the Returning Veterans Task Force consisting of members from specified veterans' organizations to develop a plan to coordinate efforts to open doors for returning veterans who have sacrificed for our nation. Contains provisions regarding: the composition of the Task Force; vacancies; duties; compensation; reporting requirements; and duration. 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 — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rosemary Mulligan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan filing
• 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
• 2011-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Veterans' Affairs Committee
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Veterans' Affairs Committee
• 2011-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Veterans' Affairs Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-10 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2011-04-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2011-04-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2011-04-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2011-04-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 3, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-05-05 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2011-05-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-05-06 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-10 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2011
• 2011-05-19 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 19, 2011
• 2011-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2011
• 2011-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 046-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0414 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a06d0d59-c787-4876-ab94-d0f625ecc599. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).