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type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS EMPLOYMENT ACT-DCEO"
description: "Amends the Veterans' Employment Act. Assigns to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity the powers and duties under the Act that were formerly assigned to the Department of Employment Security. Provides that the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall consult and cooperate with appropriate State agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Employment Security and the Department of Veterans' Affairs, to ensure that there is no duplication of services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 2566"
citation: "Illinois HB 2566 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-18"
last_action: "2005-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8adb08cb-5d5e-486b-868e-1e1fd81b0663"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2566&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18468&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "7926324377f200b59bad67968adddc7b3405de1bf0de2353590e74ae99f78d9c"
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 HB 2566 (94th) — VETERANS EMPLOYMENT ACT-DCEO
Amends the Veterans' Employment Act. Assigns to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity the powers and duties under the Act that were formerly assigned to the Department of Employment Security. Provides that the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall consult and cooperate with appropriate State agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Employment Security and the Department of Veterans' Affairs, to ensure that there is no duplication of services.
## 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=09400HB2566&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18468&DocNum=2566&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2566eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18468&DocNum=2566&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2566enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18468&DocNum=2566&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe `filing`
- **2005-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2005-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2005-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
- **2005-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2005-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-01** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0099 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8adb08cb-5d5e-486b-868e-1e1fd81b0663`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).