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Bill	MIL CODE-GOVERNOR'S REGIMENT	Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Deletes a provision that creates within the Department of Military Affairs an honorary regiment of Colonels known as the Governor's Regiment and that provides that the Governor, from time to time as necessary, may appoint individuals to the Regiment with the honorary title of Colonel whose accomplishments, achievements, or service have contributed to the fellowship and goodwill of the State. Provides instead that the Department of Military Affairs shall establish by rule a recognition program to allow the Governor or the Adjutant General to recognize individuals or organizations who have contributed to the advancement of the Illinois National Guard. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2639	Illinois HB 2639 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	24	2	2013-02-21	2013-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/a44bb685-5899-40de-bcc6-a7e7cbbf072f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2639&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74445&SessionID=85&GA=98	9dfad299b2a36a0c77f8376ddc21c5a1eb29600e3e12233d8662f8d945c9f2a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2639 (98th) — MIL CODE-GOVERNOR'S REGIMENT

Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Deletes a provision that creates within the Department of Military Affairs an honorary regiment of Colonels known as the Governor's Regiment and that provides that the Governor, from time to time as necessary, may appoint individuals to the Regiment with the honorary title of Colonel whose accomplishments, achievements, or service have contributed to the fellowship and goodwill of the State. Provides instead that the Department of Military Affairs shall establish by rule a recognition program to allow the Governor or the Adjutant General to recognize individuals or organizations who have contributed to the advancement of the Illinois National Guard. 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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe filing
• 2013-02-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2013-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2013-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 17, 2013
• 2013-04-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-04-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2013
• 2013-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2013
• 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0248 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a44bb685-5899-40de-bcc6-a7e7cbbf072f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).