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type: "Bill"
title: "MILITARY CD-HONORARY COLONELS"
description: "Amends the Military Code of Illinois to create the Illinois Patriot Law. Creates within the Department of Military Affairs an honorary regiment of Colonels to be known as the Governor's Regiment. Provides that the Governor may bestow the honorary title of Colonel on individuals whose accomplishments, achievements, or service have contributed to the fellowship and goodwill of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 1776"
citation: "Illinois SB 1776 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-25"
last_action: "2005-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2bece18-9da5-4284-b77a-3f318c1cb7c7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1776&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=18436&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "8a66251df71ababa9027f7054a76409cac32352906ba97f600152eeb8c9bfc00"
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 1776 (94th) — MILITARY CD-HONORARY COLONELS
Amends the Military Code of Illinois to create the Illinois Patriot Law. Creates within the Department of Military Affairs an honorary regiment of Colonels to be known as the Governor's Regiment. Provides that the Governor may bestow the honorary title of Colonel on individuals whose accomplishments, achievements, or service have contributed to the fellowship and goodwill of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.
## 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=09400SB1776&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=18436&DocNum=1776&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1776eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=18436&DocNum=1776&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1776enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=18436&DocNum=1776&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9818** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chris Lauzen — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-25** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Lauzen `filing`
- **2005-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005
- **2005-04-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2005
- **2005-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2005-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-28** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-20** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005
- **2005-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-018-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-12** Effective Date August 12, 2005
- **2005-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0581 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2bece18-9da5-4284-b77a-3f318c1cb7c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).