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+type: "Bill"
+title: "COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSE"
+description: "Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that blind or disabled residents may fish with commercial fishing devices without holding a sports fishing license. Provides that veterans who, according to the determination of the federal Veterans' Administration as certified by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, are at least 10% disabled with service-related disabilities or in receipt of total disability pensions may fish with commercial fishing devices without holding a sports fishing license during those periods of the year that it is lawful to fish with commercial fishing devices, if the respective disabilities do not prevent them from fishing in a manner that is safe to themselves and others."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "98th"
+identifier: "HB 4277"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4277 (98th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2014-01-23"
+last_action: "2014-08-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6780a08c-fe34-481c-a72c-3ef9716d1990"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4277&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78429&SessionID=85&GA=98"
+source_hash: "fe8edde01d81354ec9b69de2f25353998584276af1e6294f75d70eb3cf2f527e"
+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 4277 (98th) — COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSE
+
+Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that blind or disabled residents may fish with commercial fishing devices without holding a sports fishing license. Provides that veterans who, according to the determination of the federal Veterans' Administration as certified by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, are at least 10% disabled with service-related disabilities or in receipt of total disability pensions may fish with commercial fishing devices without holding a sports fishing license during those periods of the year that it is lawful to fish with commercial fishing devices, if the respective disabilities do not prevent them from fishing in a manner that is safe to themselves and others.
+
+## 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=09800HB4277&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78429&DocNum=4277&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4277eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78429&DocNum=4277&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4277enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78429&DocNum=4277&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Laura Fine — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Fine `filing`
+- **2014-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2014-01-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2014-02-11** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2014-02-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2014-02-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2014-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2014-03-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2014-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
+- **2014-03-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 5, 2014 `reading-1`
+- **2014-03-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
+- **2014-03-05** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2014-03-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
+- **2014-04-29** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2014-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
+- **2014-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
+- **2014-05-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2014-05-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
+- **2014-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2014-05-20** Passed Both Houses
+- **2014-05-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
+- **2014-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
+- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0898 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6780a08c-fe34-481c-a72c-3ef9716d1990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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