---
type: "Bill"
title: "ANIMAL ADOPTION-FEE WAIVER"
description: "Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may (rather than shall) waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4590"
citation: "Illinois HB 4590 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harry Benton", "Meg Loughran Cappel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0458d639-910c-45a9-b2c0-a024bc170b06"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4590&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=151888&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "cb4bbed494b7262562459e3297f6506e4b65afdb2fbb5561ee5c9b87174890d2"
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 4590 (103rd) — ANIMAL ADOPTION-FEE WAIVER

Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may (rather than shall) waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4590.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4590eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4590enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Agriculture & Conservation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harry Benton — primary (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — primary (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton `filing`
- **2024-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-05** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2024-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-17** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-30** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-09** Do Pass Agriculture; 012-000-000
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0678 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0458d639-910c-45a9-b2c0-a024bc170b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).