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Bill	VETERANS COURTS-MANDATES	Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that the Chief Judge of each judicial circuit shall (rather than may) establish a Veterans and Servicemembers Court program including a format under which it operates under the Act. Effective January 1, 2018.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 5003	Illinois HB 5003 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2016-02-08	2016-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/853afe3a-4046-4f6a-a344-3b4e557a0a74	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5003&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=94355&SessionID=88&GA=99	1957566828c9df397b71f2c6369411be9ed0864ab540cb78101181afde6651df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5003 (99th) — VETERANS COURTS-MANDATES

Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that the Chief Judge of each judicial circuit shall (rather than may) establish a Veterans and Servicemembers Court program including a format under which it operates under the Act. Effective January 1, 2018.

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 — 108–3 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Christine Winger — primary (person)
• Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)
• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
• Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Christine Winger filing
• 2016-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2016-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2016-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-003-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2016-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2016-05-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
• 2016-05-11 Do Pass Criminal Law; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
• 2016-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2016-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2016
• 2016-05-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
• 2016-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2016-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2016-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2016-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2016-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2016-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2016-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0807 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/853afe3a-4046-4f6a-a344-3b4e557a0a74. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).