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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AG-AG AREA DESIGNATION"
+description: "Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. For purposes of designating an agricultural area, requires that any non-contiguous portion must be within 1.5 miles of the nearest portion of the area."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 229"
+citation: "Illinois HB 229 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-01-13"
+last_action: "2005-08-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1505258d-3e73-4005-a576-ba35170c6ebe"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=229&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14449&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "b6101e51fc671b65e452fafa383a796d18653004c7cb1f67dcebe34c2d25d359"
+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 229 (94th) — AG-AG AREA DESIGNATION
+
+Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. For purposes of designating an agricultural area, requires that any non-contiguous portion must be within 1.5 miles of the nearest portion of the area.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0229&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14449&DocNum=229&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0229eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14449&DocNum=229&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0229enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14449&DocNum=229&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard `filing`
+- **2005-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-02-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
+- **2005-02-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-02-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2005-02-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2005-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 16, 2005 `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
+- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
+- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
+- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
+- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2006
+- **2005-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0444 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1505258d-3e73-4005-a576-ba35170c6ebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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