---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIALTY FARM PRODUCT BUYERS"
description: "Repeals the Specialty Farm Product Buyers Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3189"
citation: "Illinois HB 3189 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1aff618-b375-41d7-82e2-73d07c0d3b57"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3189&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104856&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "72a6b7b9ec94b1db9d5036593f854b1af6fc252f89d835b34bb0ddb882293fe5"
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 3189 (100th) — SPECIALTY FARM PRODUCT BUYERS

Repeals the Specialty Farm Product Buyers Act. 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=10000HB3189&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104856&DocNum=3189&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3189eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104856&DocNum=3189&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3189enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104856&DocNum=3189&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerry Lee Long — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-22** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jerry Lee Long
- **2017-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 5, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
- **2017-04-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11** Do Pass Agriculture; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2017
- **2017-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2017
- **2017-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0117 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1aff618-b375-41d7-82e2-73d07c0d3b57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).