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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "FISHING LIMITS-PRIV PROPERTY"
+description: "Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that the limits on the number and size of fish a person may take in a day do not apply to a person fishing in waters wholly within his or her private property. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "99th"
+identifier: "HB 5796"
+citation: "Illinois HB 5796 (99th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2016-02-11"
+last_action: "2016-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19573d16-4aa5-4365-b0bf-849530730fa0"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5796&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95259&SessionID=88&GA=99"
+source_hash: "bf7d4a49d915bdb4b3b483e565410c5696f0d9d0e15b60ed3320bddee2452735"
+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 5796 (99th) — FISHING LIMITS-PRIV PROPERTY
+
+Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that the limits on the number and size of fish a person may take in a day do not apply to a person fishing in waters wholly within his or her private property. 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=09900HB5796&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95259&DocNum=5796&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5796eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95259&DocNum=5796&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5796enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95259&DocNum=5796&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles Meier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier `filing`
+- **2016-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2016-04-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2016-04-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2016-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
+- **2016-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2016-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2016-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2016 `reading-1`
+- **2016-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2016-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
+- **2016-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
+- **2016-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2016-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-27** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-05** Do Pass Agriculture; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2016
+- **2016-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2016-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
+- **2016-05-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
+- **2016-05-24** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kyle McCarter
+- **2016-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2016-05-25** Passed Both Houses
+- **2016-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-07-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-08** Effective Date July 8, 2016
+- **2016-07-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0532 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19573d16-4aa5-4365-b0bf-849530730fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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