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Bill	SOS MERIT CODE-VETERAN VISITS	Amends the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code. Grants veteran employees 4 (rather than 2) days per year to visit a veterans hospital for examination of a military service connected disability. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5006	Illinois HB 5006 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2012-02-07	2012-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/59e1e1c5-7cb2-4980-8ba0-e920f99f38f6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5006&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64941&SessionID=84&GA=97	0d8c7506583cfa8e83d7d2204ae9ebf4fc41959648bf6895911d9598bb0978e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5006 (97th) — SOS MERIT CODE-VETERAN VISITS

Amends the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code. Grants veteran employees 4 (rather than 2) days per year to visit a veterans hospital for examination of a military service connected disability. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Derrick Smith — primary (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Derrick Smith filing
• 2012-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
• 2012-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2012-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2012-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2012-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2012-02-21 Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 021-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2012-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2012-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2012-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2012-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2012-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2012-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
• 2012-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2012-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
• 2012-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2012-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2012-04-19 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 24, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2012-06-20 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 . . . . . . . . . 97-0949 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59e1e1c5-7cb2-4980-8ba0-e920f99f38f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).