Bill Title: Amends the Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act of 1993. Provides that a county may prohibit or regulate the housing and keeping of any pigeons. Provides that a municipality may regulate, but not prohibit, the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, and show pigeons. Provides that a municipality may prohibit or regulate the housing and keeping of any pigeons other than carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons. (Now, the Act provides that neither a municipality located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants nor a county may enact an ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons, except that any municipality located within a county having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants may enact an ordinance to prohibit or regulate the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons.) Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0646 [SB2272 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Concurrence in Senate	2009-05-27	52	2	0	0	54	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2009-05-19	114	0	3	0	117	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2009-04-01	46	5	3	0	54	Passed	Link	View

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