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Bill	HUNTING LICENSES FOR VETERANS	Amends the Wildlife Code. Allows veterans that are Illinois residents to obtain an Illinois Hunter Education card after completing the online study section of the Illinois Hunter Education program and providing the Department of Natural Resources with verification of service or mobilization. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 50	Illinois SB 50 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	55	2	2013-01-16	2013-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/1467879d-4778-4e1b-b205-419744c7a43c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=50&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=69140&SessionID=85&GA=98	c7fe437aed49626379b87bbb65b0efb074f29af929698ae7f1aeebd7782edd2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 50 (98th) — HUNTING LICENSES FOR VETERANS

Amends the Wildlife Code. Allows veterans that are Illinois residents to obtain an Illinois Hunter Education card after completing the online study section of the Illinois Hunter Education program and providing the Department of Natural Resources with verification of service or mobilization. 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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Brad E. Halbrook — cosponsor (person)
• Chad Hays — cosponsor (person)
• Charles E. Meier — cosponsor (person)
• David Reis — cosponsor (person)
• Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry F. Costello, II — cosponsor (person)
• Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
• JoAnn D. Osmond — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Sosnowski — cosponsor (person)
• John E. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Cabello — cosponsor (person)
• Josh Harms — cosponsor (person)
• Katherine Cloonen — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Holmes — primary (person)
• Michael Unes — cosponsor (person)
• Norine Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Pam Roth — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Poe — cosponsor (person)
• Rich Brauer — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Demmer — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-16 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes filing
• 2013-01-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-01-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-01-30 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2013-02-27 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2013
• 2013-02-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Brady
• 2013-02-28 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2013-02-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 1, 2013
• 2013-03-01 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-03-01 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2013-03-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-03-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2013-04-03 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
• 2013-04-08 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2013-04-11 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
• 2013-04-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2013-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad E. Halbrook
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Josh Harms
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne Rosenthal
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Meier
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Unes
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
• 2013-05-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-03 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-05-31 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-07-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-07-30 Effective Date July 30, 2013
• 2013-07-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0118 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1467879d-4778-4e1b-b205-419744c7a43c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).