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+type: "Bill"
+title: "WILDLIFE--COYOTE--TREE STAND"
+description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Authorizes hunters to use and possess tree-climbing and tree-cutting devices while hunting coyotes. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "HB 2294"
+citation: "Illinois HB 2294 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-18"
+last_action: "2009-08-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f9b40ac-f31e-45c7-a5e2-35350e338225"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2294&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44199&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "dd05521322dcfbb2ac8404fe1caa270525da9e6755aa7e356b69d65084b9ff21"
+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 2294 (96th) — WILDLIFE--COYOTE--TREE STAND
+
+Amends the Wildlife Code. Authorizes hunters to use and possess tree-climbing and tree-cutting devices while hunting coyotes. 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=09600HB2294&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44199&DocNum=2294&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2294eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44199&DocNum=2294&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2294enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44199&DocNum=2294&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dan Duffy — cosponsor (person)
+- Kay Hatcher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher `filing`
+- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-23** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
+- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
+- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
+- **2009-04-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Duffy
+- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John O. Jones
+- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
+- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
+- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
+- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2009-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2009
+- **2009-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0390 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f9b40ac-f31e-45c7-a5e2-35350e338225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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