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SB 866 Illinois Senate · 100th Regular Session

VETERANS-SERVICE ANIMALS

Summary
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide informational resources and education to veterans returning from deployment regarding service animals for individuals with disabilities including, but not limited to, resources and education on service animals that guide people who are blind, pull a wheelchair, alert a person with hearing loss, protect a person having a seizure, assist a person with a traumatic brain injury, and calm a person with post-traumatic stress disorder during an anxiety attack or psychiatric episode.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
House Passage
May 2017
Signed into Law
Aug 2017
Introduced Apr 26, 2017 Signed Aug 11, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Apr 26, 2017 · House May 19, 2017

How they voted

47–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 48
Apr 26, 2017
D Democratic28
27 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
50
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Aug 11, 2017
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 19, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 11, 2017
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 009-000-000
lower
May 3, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee
lower
Apr 26, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 26, 2017
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 26, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (47-0-1)
senate
Mar 8, 2017
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000
upper
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Veterans Affairs
upper
Feb 7, 2017
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 11 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.