104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0655 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a Amends the Veterans' Employment Representative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the qualifications and duties of a Veterans' Employment Representative. LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0655 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a 330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a Amends the Veterans' Employment Representative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the qualifications and duties of a Veterans' Employment Representative. LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0655 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a 330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a 330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a Amends the Veterans' Employment Representative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the qualifications and duties of a Veterans' Employment Representative. LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b A BILL FOR SB0655LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b SB0655 LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b SB0655 LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b 1 AN ACT concerning military service. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Veterans' Employment Representative Act is 5 amended by changing Section 1 as follows: 6 (330 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 186a) 7 Sec. 1. Veteran services; representative. The The 8 Department of Employment Security shall assign at least one 9 full time Veterans' Employment Representative, defined by 10 title and classification under the Personnel Code of Illinois, 11 to each full service office of the employment service, to work 12 exclusively in job counseling, training, and placement of 13 veterans. Preference for these positions shall be given to 14 qualified persons who have been members of the armed forces of 15 the United States in times of hostilities with a foreign 16 country. Any candidate for these positions shall be deemed to 17 have met and satisfied examination admission requirements if 18 the candidate served in the armed forces during times of 19 hostilities with a foreign country and was honorably 20 discharged therefrom due to a combat-related disability. The 21 holder of such a position shall be administratively 22 responsible to the local office manager, and his or her first 23 line responsibility is functional supervision of all local 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0655 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a 330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a 330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a Amends the Veterans' Employment Representative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the qualifications and duties of a Veterans' Employment Representative. LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b A BILL FOR 330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b SB0655 LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b SB0655- 2 -LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b SB0655 - 2 - LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b SB0655 - 2 - LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b SB0655 - 2 - LRB104 06960 KTG 16997 b