Illinois House Bill 2656 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Contains provisions concerning the establishment of various programs and services for the benefit of veterans including an educational success program for veterans experiencing specified difficulties in higher education; a family preparation course for the families of returning veterans; a transition program for returning veterans that reside in the State; a system that allows veterans to file a specified federal form immediately upon discharge; creation of an employer training program; and a standard statewide peer-to-peer training program to familiarize veterans with the veterans' services available at the local, State, and federal levels. Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs to adopt any rules necessary to implement these provisions.

VETERANS' SUICIDE TASK FORCE

Rep. Stephanie Kifowit [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2017-03-31	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-03-31	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-02-23	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Veterans' Affairs Committee
2017-02-22	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2017-02-22	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
2017-02-22	House	Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee
2017-02-08	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-02-08	House	First Reading
2017-02-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	2805	2h	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2656&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB2656.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB2656ham001.htm