republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-3225.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "POLICE TRAINING ACT-VETERANS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve a training program in veterans' awareness for law enforcement officers of local government agencies. Provides that the purpose of the program shall be to identify issues relating to veterans and to provide guidelines for appropriate responses to such issues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3225"
citation: "Illinois SB 3225 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-11"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ed8dc31-fb8c-463e-aae7-78a6915298af"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3225&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80311&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "d4028c11e8db084b17d77c3f7765db7da33ffc940c5974576428c97c529bc7a2"
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 3225 (98th) — POLICE TRAINING ACT-VETERANS

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve a training program in veterans' awareness for law enforcement officers of local government agencies. Provides that the purpose of the program shall be to identify issues relating to veterans and to provide guidelines for appropriate responses to such issues.

## 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=09800SB3225&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80311&DocNum=3225&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3225eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80311&DocNum=3225&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3225enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80311&DocNum=3225&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony DeLuca — cosponsor (person)
- C.D. Davidsmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Derrick Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry F. Costello, II — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
- Michael P. McAuliffe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2014-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2014-02-19** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2014-02-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2014-02-27** Postponed - State Government and Veterans Affairs
- **2014-03-06** Postponed - State Government and Veterans Affairs
- **2014-03-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2014-03-21** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2014
- **2014-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs
- **2014-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000
- **2014-04-09** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Morrison `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2014-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael Unes
- **2014-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2014-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond
- **2014-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
- **2014-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2014-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-28** Assigned to Public Safety: Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Safety: Police & Fire Committee; 022-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
- **2014-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
- **2014-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2014-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
- **2014-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2014-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0960 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ed8dc31-fb8c-463e-aae7-78a6915298af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).