---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS"
description: "Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Modifies the term \"local farm or food products\" for purposes of the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2505"
citation: "Illinois HB 2505 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/228cb94e-2ece-458d-b2a1-a5fa7168e2d0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2505&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118564&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "d2f90947f3502188068abaf96bcbd433ff94a3a4798f0c506c2ee5ebe52a0c2a"
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 2505 (101st) — LOCAL FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS

Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Modifies the term "local farm or food products" for purposes of the Act.

## 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=10100HB2505&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118564&DocNum=2505&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2505eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118564&DocNum=2505&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2505enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118564&DocNum=2505&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Fowler — primary (person)
- Dave Syverson — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — primary (person)
- Steve Stadelman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II `filing`
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
- **2019-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
- **2019-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2019-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Agriculture; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0258 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/228cb94e-2ece-458d-b2a1-a5fa7168e2d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).