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Bill	STATE POLICE REQ-IRAQ AFGHAN	Amends the State Police Act. Provides that a requirement that a State Police applicant 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.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1587	Illinois SB 1587 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	56	2	2011-02-09	2011-12-19	openstates	ocd-bill/3c1520ac-1bc9-4618-b840-bb6a80251346	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1587&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57488&SessionID=84&GA=97	0638ef322f235601e4849dde8638acaf4a49c293812328d885cf6ca8d0a0801e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1587 (97th) — STATE POLICE REQ-IRAQ AFGHAN

Amends the State Police Act. Provides that a requirement that a State Police applicant 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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 111–3 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — primary (person)
• Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel J. Burke — cosponsor (person)
• Dena M. Carli — cosponsor (person)
• Derrick Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Sacia — cosponsor (person)
• John D'Amico — cosponsor (person)
• Kay Hatcher — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin A. McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Zalewski — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. McAuliffe — cosponsor (person)
• William Cunningham — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Muñoz filing
• 2011-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2011-03-09 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2011-03-09 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2011
• 2011-03-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2011-04-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
• 2011-04-14 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2011-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2011-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-21 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
• 2011-05-20 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2011
• 2011-05-27 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2011
• 2011-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie amendment-introduction
• 2011-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2011-05-31 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2011-10-26 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) November 10, 2011
• 2011-10-26 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-11-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-11-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-11-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-11-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-11-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2011-11-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2011-11-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2011-11-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-11-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Cunningham
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2011-11-09 3/5 Vote Required
• 2011-11-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-003-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dena M. Carli
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2011-11-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2011-11-09 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-12-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-12-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-12-19 Effective Date December 19, 2011
• 2011-12-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0640 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c1520ac-1bc9-4618-b840-bb6a80251346. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).