---
type: "Bill"
title: "IL RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION"
description: "IL RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 424"
citation: "Illinois HB 424 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 64
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-16T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68374960-1c15-4e76-8d8b-7f6f8eeb28bb"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "681388fcbbbb55b2859b23884f85ec87cf30dac8cf5a3c733d0b798a18c7b9c0"
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 424 (90th) — IL RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0424** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0424LV.html)

## Sponsors

- FITZGERALD — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- LEITCH — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,R — cosponsor (person)
- MAUTINO — cosponsor (person)
- SEVERNS — cosponsor (person)
- SHADID — cosponsor (person)
- SLONE — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)
- WINKEL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC CONSERV `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LEITCH
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINKEL
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MAUTINO
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-AGRICULTURE H
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 011-001-001 HAGC
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED/NOLAND
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED/NOLAND
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SLONE
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SLONE
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SLONE
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HAGC
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SLONE
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HAGC
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SLONE
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HAGC
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SLONE
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(A) HFA 02
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-004-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR HAWKINSON
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SHADID
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STATE GOVERN `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SGOA
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-04-29
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-04-30
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR FITZGERALD
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SEVERNS
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MADIGAN
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WELCH
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-16
- **1997-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0120

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68374960-1c15-4e76-8d8b-7f6f8eeb28bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).