republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-4983.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DNR POLICE-IRAQ AFGHAN VET"
description: "Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the requirement that a Conservation Police Officer have certain collegiate educational requirements is deemed to be satisfied if the applicant has been honorably discharged and has been awarded an Afghan or Iraqi campaign medal by one of the United States armed forces. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4983"
citation: "Illinois HB 4983 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2012-02-06"
last_action: "2012-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79ad418a-c3cc-4755-8b32-3228e00a1a48"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4983&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64886&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "f7675e397afc6b4e0b116bd445e52faa8903f31e00ccb7c9963a5a7725519ec0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 4983 (97th) — DNR POLICE-IRAQ AFGHAN VET

Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the requirement that a Conservation Police Officer have certain collegiate educational requirements is deemed to be satisfied if the applicant has been honorably discharged and has been awarded an Afghan or Iraqi campaign medal by one of the United States armed forces. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4983&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64886&DocNum=4983&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4983eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64886&DocNum=4983&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4983enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64886&DocNum=4983&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **101–8** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward J. Acevedo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo `filing`
- **2012-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
- **2012-02-17** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
- **2012-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-07** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 012-006-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-008-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2012-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2012-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2012-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2012-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dena M. Carli
- **2012-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2012-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Held in Criminal Law
- **2012-04-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Muñoz `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-04-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
- **2012-04-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-26** Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2012
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2012-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2012-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000
- **2012-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-001-003
- **2012-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2012
- **2012-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0948 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79ad418a-c3cc-4755-8b32-3228e00a1a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).