Bill Text: IL HB4757 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans Affairs shall create, and the Department of Labor shall make available, at no cost, a veterans and service members' benefits, services, and protections poster. Requires the poster to include, but not be limited to, information regarding free veterans' benefits and services provided by the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and other veterans service organizations, tax benefits, the Illinois veteran driver's license and non-driver veteran identification card, and Illinois protections for survivors of sexual violence in the military. Requires the poster to also include contact information for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs; and the Veterans Crisis Line. Effective January 1, 2025.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-14)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0828 [HB4757 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4757-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 103-0828
HB4757 Enrolled LRB103 38553 KTG 68689 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is
amended by adding Section 40 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2805/40 new)
Sec. 40. Notice of veterans and service members' benefits,
services, and protections. The Department shall create, and
the Department of Labor shall make available, at no cost, a
veterans and service members' benefits, services, and
protections poster. Such a poster shall include, but not be
limited to, information regarding the following:
(1) Free veterans' benefits and services provided by
the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and other
veterans service organizations;
(2) Tax benefits;
(3) Illinois veteran driver's license and non-driver
veteran identification card;
(4) Illinois protections for survivors of sexual
violence in the military; and
(5) Contact information for the following:
(i) The United States Department of Veterans
Affairs;

(ii) The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs;
and
(iii) The Veterans Crisis Line.