republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-3671.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS-DEPT REVIEW-SERVICES"
description: "Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Deletes the requirement that the Department of Veterans Affairs conduct an annual review that compares benefits received by Illinois veterans with the benefits received by veterans in all other states and U.S. territories. Provides that if the Department determines that the appropriations for the purposes of the provision concerning the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Outpatient Counseling Program are not sufficient to support all of the requirements of that provision, then the Department shall have the discretion to provide only those services set forth in that provision that the Department determines the appropriation can support. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3671"
citation: "Illinois SB 3671 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-10"
last_action: "2012-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d745d15-4b92-416d-a559-572954ac4f69"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3671&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65717&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "fcba116437b7c4c06dd74471444b889fbab0218bd2c18c49676cfb5eeb0b4da1"
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 SB 3671 (97th) — VETERANS-DEPT REVIEW-SERVICES

Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Deletes the requirement that the Department of Veterans Affairs conduct an annual review that compares benefits received by Illinois veterans with the benefits received by veterans in all other states and U.S. territories. Provides that if the Department determines that the appropriations for the purposes of the provision concerning the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Outpatient Counseling Program are not sufficient to support all of the requirements of that provision, then the Department shall have the discretion to provide only those services set forth in that provision that the Department determines the appropriation can support. 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=09700SB3671&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65717&DocNum=3671&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3671eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65717&DocNum=3671&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3671enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65717&DocNum=3671&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linda Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `filing`
- **2012-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2012-02-22** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs
- **2012-02-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-01** Do Pass as Amended State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2012
- **2012-03-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2012
- **2012-03-22** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2012-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** Assigned to Armed Forces & Military Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Armed Forces & Military Affairs Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-04-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- **2012-04-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-06** Effective Date July 6, 2012
- **2012-07-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0765 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d745d15-4b92-416d-a559-572954ac4f69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).