republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-4586.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "YOUTH VET CONSERVATION JOB ACT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Youth and Young Adult Employment Act of 1986. Changes the short title to the Illinois Veteran, Youth, and Young Adult Conservation Jobs Act. Defines \"managing supervisor\" and \"veteran\". Provides that funding for the Act shall be from any State or federal funds or grants or other funding received by the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that the Illinois Young Adult Conservation Corps shall be limited to citizens of the State who at the time of enrollment are 18 through 25 years of age and who are unemployed and the Illinois Veteran Conservation Corps shall be limited to citizens of the State who are unemployed veterans. Provides that the Illinois Youth Recreation Corps programs shall provide conservation or recreational opportunities and the Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps is established to make grants to local sponsors to provide wages to veterans of any age operating and instructing in conservation or recreational programs. Provides that the ratio of youth and veteran employees enrollees to a managing supervisor must not be less than 10 to one for any local sponsor with a total number of youth and veteran employee enrollees of 10 or more, and that any local sponsor program with a total number of youth and veteran employee enrollees of less than 10 must be limited to one managing supervisor. Makes other changes. Also amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, and the Clerks of Courts Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4586"
citation: "Illinois HB 4586 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51a0b4e0-4766-4a1d-9cdc-a3a6ba28cbd2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4586&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64327&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "c27d69a73e84228eebd0603f62f42a929cf8189ca98bc2a1523bfd2c231c65d8"
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 4586 (97th) — YOUTH VET CONSERVATION JOB ACT

Amends the Illinois Youth and Young Adult Employment Act of 1986. Changes the short title to the Illinois Veteran, Youth, and Young Adult Conservation Jobs Act. Defines "managing supervisor" and "veteran". Provides that funding for the Act shall be from any State or federal funds or grants or other funding received by the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that the Illinois Young Adult Conservation Corps shall be limited to citizens of the State who at the time of enrollment are 18 through 25 years of age and who are unemployed and the Illinois Veteran Conservation Corps shall be limited to citizens of the State who are unemployed veterans. Provides that the Illinois Youth Recreation Corps programs shall provide conservation or recreational opportunities and the Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps is established to make grants to local sponsors to provide wages to veterans of any age operating and instructing in conservation or recreational programs. Provides that the ratio of youth and veteran employees enrollees to a managing supervisor must not be less than 10 to one for any local sponsor with a total number of youth and veteran employee enrollees of 10 or more, and that any local sponsor program with a total number of youth and veteran employee enrollees of less than 10 must be limited to one managing supervisor. Makes other changes. Also amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, and the Clerks of Courts Act. 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=09700HB4586&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64327&DocNum=4586&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4586eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64327&DocNum=4586&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4586enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64327&DocNum=4586&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-01** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis `filing`
- **2012-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2012-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2012-02-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2012-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2012-02-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
- **2012-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2012-02-29** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-02-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2012-02-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-29** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 24, 2012
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-05-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2012-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-05** Effective Date July 5, 2012
- **2012-07-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0738 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51a0b4e0-4766-4a1d-9cdc-a3a6ba28cbd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).