HB 2714 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

HEROES WAY SIGN-VSO APPLICATON

Summary

Amends the Heroes Way Designation Program Act. Permits any federally chartered or state-chartered veterans service organization to apply for designation of an honorary road sign for any member of the United States Armed Forces who was killed in action, if no eligible family member is available to apply for designation of an honorary road sign.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 14, 2025 Last action Apr 25, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 1 edit · Apr 10, 2025

MINOR

The bill was updated to reflect its status as an 'Engrossed' version, indicating it has passed committee review. The substantive policy changes involve minor formatting adjustments to spacing and hyphenation within the text, with no alterations to eligibility criteria, funding amounts, or legal requirements.

Scope change

No change in scope or applicability; the bill remains focused on allowing veterans service organizations to apply for honorary road signs when no eligible family members are available.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting adjustments were made to spacing and hyphenation throughout the document to standardize the text layout.

Floor votes · House Apr 10, 2025

How they voted

112–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 118

Apr 10, 2025

D Democratic78

74 Yea 4

94% Yea

R Republican40

38 Yea 2

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 25, 2025

Committee

Referred to Assignments

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Introduced

Arrive in Senate

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Committee

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Introduced

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges; 018-000-000

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules Committee

lower

2 primary · 18 co-sponsors