---
type: "Bill"
title: "CATFISH LENGTH-OHIO RIVER"
description: "CATFISH LENGTH-OHIO RIVER"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Illinois SB 28 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-09T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91890be6-be50-44d7-bdfa-738370b025a4"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "f896be1e0cf68265ae1f668857d556c3636bc705068103a6e7bb5077edf27da7"
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 SB 28 (90th) — CATFISH LENGTH-OHIO RIVER

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0028LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- BRUNSVOLD — cosponsor (person)
- CLAYBORNE — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- PHELPS — cosponsor (person)
- REA — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC & CON `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 007-000-000 SAGR
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-02-04
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-02-06
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CLAYBORNE
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR REA
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR BRUNSVOLD
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC CONSERV `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO WOOLARD
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-ALTERNATE-SPONSOR CHANGED TO BRUNSVOLD
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 014-000-000 HAGC
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED NOLAND
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR PHELPS
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `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`
- **1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0057

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91890be6-be50-44d7-bdfa-738370b025a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).