---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURE-DESIGNATE FARMS"
description: "AGRICULTURE-DESIGNATE FARMS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 2885"
citation: "Illinois HB 2885 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-08-17T00:00:00-05:00"
last_action: "2000-06-02T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01f14cbc-8b20-4c26-87d7-4f8746237cb9"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "d5a95d6089fe2a20e6b063339fd51b83dd01d16d66e7e3481573ab83173d2e15"
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 2885 (91st) — AGRICULTURE-DESIGNATE FARMS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2885** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB2885LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BOMKE — cosponsor (person)
- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- FOWLER — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- KLINGLER — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,BILL — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- POE — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1999-09-01T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-09-01T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC CONSERV `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 016-000-000 HAGC
- **2000-01-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-01-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOST
- **2000-01-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **2000-01-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,BILL
- **2000-01-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOWLER
- **2000-01-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **2000-01-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR REITZ
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MITCHELL,BILL
- **2000-02-01T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-02-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK
- **2000-02-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KLINGLER
- **2000-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2000-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2000-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **2000-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** SPONSOR REMOVED BOWLES
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ALTERNATE CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO NOLAND
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOMKE
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MYERS,J
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC & CON `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SAGR
- **2000-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-03-09
- **2000-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-03-22
- **2000-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,N
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-06-02
- **2000-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0717

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01f14cbc-8b20-4c26-87d7-4f8746237cb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).