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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ANIMALS-FIGHTING-PENALTY"
+description: "Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Increases the penalty for the violation of certain provisions concerning animal fighting from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony for the first offense and from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony for second or subsequent offenses. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "95th"
+identifier: "HB 3614"
+citation: "Illinois HB 3614 (95th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2007-02-27"
+last_action: "2007-08-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/910980aa-d4a5-465e-b708-1b4a8ac3c18e"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3614&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=32491&SessionID=51&GA=95"
+source_hash: "e31c8e573102f6d8fb988fd8ae8f3e80670710cd810211f9003588a150198061"
+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 3614 (95th) — ANIMALS-FIGHTING-PENALTY
+
+Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Increases the penalty for the violation of certain provisions concerning animal fighting from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony for the first offense and from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony for second or subsequent offenses. Effective immediately.
+
+## 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=09500HB3614&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32491&DocNum=3614&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3614eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32491&DocNum=3614&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3614enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32491&DocNum=3614&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concurrence — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ed Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)
+- Todd Sieben — cosponsor (person)
+- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `filing`
+- **2007-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-01** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2007-03-15** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
+- **2007-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2007-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2007-03-20** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
+- **2007-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2007-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
+- **2007-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
+- **2007-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
+- **2007-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
+- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-03-29** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2007 `reading-1`
+- **2007-03-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
+- **2007-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
+- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2007-04-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
+- **2007-05-03** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `amendment-introduction`
+- **2007-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture and Conservation
+- **2007-05-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2007-05-10** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
+- **2007-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
+- **2007-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
+- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
+- **2007-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
+- **2007-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
+- **2007-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-05-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2007-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
+- **2007-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
+- **2007-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 010-001-000
+- **2007-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
+- **2007-06-07** 3/5 Vote Required
+- **2007-06-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 099-000-000
+- **2007-06-07** Passed Both Houses
+- **2007-07-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2007-08-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2007-08-30** Effective Date August 30, 2007
+- **2007-08-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0560 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/910980aa-d4a5-465e-b708-1b4a8ac3c18e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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