Illinois Senate Bill 709 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to trap or to hunt with gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow, gray fox, red fox, raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, bobcat, and opossum except during the open season which will be set annually by the Director to start between 12:01 a.m., November 1 and 12:00 midnight on November 10, and close no earlier than 12:00 midnight on February 15 but not later than 12:00 midnight on March 31, with start and close dates both inclusive (rather than between 12:01 a.m., November 1 to 12:00 midnight February 15, both inclusive). Deletes a provision providing that the season limit for river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per season. Provides that any person who violates the provisions of the Section, including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

WILDLIFE-OPEN HUNT SEASONS

Sen. Neil Anderson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2018-04-13	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-04-13	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-04-12	Senate	Postponed - Agriculture
2018-04-12	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Agriculture; 004-006-000
2018-04-12	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Agriculture
2018-04-10	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
2018-04-05	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2018-04-05	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson
2018-01-24	Senate	Re-assigned to Agriculture
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-02-08	Senate	Assigned to Agriculture
2017-01-30	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-01-30	Senate	First Reading
2017-01-30	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
520	5	2.30	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=709&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0709.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0709sam001.htm