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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ANIMAL ADOPTION-FEE WAIVER"
+description: "Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may (rather than shall) waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "103rd"
+identifier: "HB 4590"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4590 (103rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harry Benton", "Meg Loughran Cappel"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-01-26"
+last_action: "2024-07-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0458d639-910c-45a9-b2c0-a024bc170b06"
+source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4590&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=151888&SessionID=112"
+source_hash: "cb4bbed494b7262562459e3297f6506e4b65afdb2fbb5561ee5c9b87174890d2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 4590 (103rd) — ANIMAL ADOPTION-FEE WAIVER
+
+Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may (rather than shall) waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4590.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4590eng.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4590enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Agriculture & Conservation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
+- Agriculture — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harry Benton — primary (person)
+- Meg Loughran Cappel — primary (person)
+- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton `filing`
+- **2024-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-31** Referred to Rules Committee
+- **2024-03-05** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
+- **2024-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2024-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2024-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
+- **2024-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-17** Referred to Assignments
+- **2024-04-30** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
+- **2024-05-09** Do Pass Agriculture; 012-000-000
+- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2024 `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
+- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
+- **2024-05-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
+- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2025
+- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0678 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0458d639-910c-45a9-b2c0-a024bc170b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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