Illinois Senate Bill 2701 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Allows for sport fishing devices resident veterans of the United States Armed Forces who are at least 50% disabled with service-related disabilities to obtain a 4-year fishing license. Provides that the fee for a 4-year fishing license for a resident veteran is $29. Requires resident veterans to provide to the Department of Natural Resources verification of their service and service-related disability. Requires the Department to establish what constitutes suitable verification of service and service-related disability for the purpose of issuing 4-year fishing licenses to resident veterans at a reduced fee. Provides that 4-year fishing licenses issued to qualifying resident veterans shall expire on March 31 of the third year after the year in which the license is issued.

4 YR FISH LICENSE-DISABLED VET

Sen. Suzanne Glowiak Hilton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	Senate	Session Sine Die
2024-01-10	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2024-01-10	Senate	First Reading
2024-01-10	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
515	5	20-45	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2701&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2701.htm