Bill Title: Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department of Military Affairs, subject to appropriation, to also make grants from the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund to (i) Illinois residents who are active duty members of the armed forces of the United States or members of the reserves of the armed forces of the United States and who are wounded in combat while deployed in support of the global war on terrorism and (ii) the families of those persons. Provides that the Department must establish a casualty-based grant program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-11-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0822 [SB2148 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Dan Kotowski [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Deanna Demuzio [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-049	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Noland [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Frerichs [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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