---
type: "Bill"
title: "ANIMAL CARE-CRUELTY PENALTY"
description: "ANIMAL CARE-CRUELTY PENALTY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 810"
citation: "Illinois HB 810 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3240d18-2004-442c-91b4-5a7bd626262b"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "50862caf219546f5ab9ca479ba1dbbcd6decbbe352fd90d787bca8f0db90d0d9"
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 810 (91st) — ANIMAL CARE-CRUELTY PENALTY

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0810** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0810LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- CULLERTON — cosponsor (person)
- DELGADO — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- ERWIN — cosponsor (person)
- FRITCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- GARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- GRANBERG — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,LOU — cosponsor (person)
- KLEMM — cosponsor (person)
- LANG — cosponsor (person)
- PARKE — cosponsor (person)
- PETERSON — cosponsor (person)
- RONEN — cosponsor (person)
- SCHOENBERG — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)
- WOJCIK — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GRANBERG
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO LANG
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO DELGADO
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO ZICKUS
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,LOU
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHOENBERG
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HJUB
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BIGGINS
- **1999-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **1999-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOJCIK
- **1999-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **1999-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PARKE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RONEN
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRITCHEY
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GARRETT
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ERWIN
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 111-006-001 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-23
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CRONIN
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CULLERTON
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR KLEMM
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SJUD
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-29
- **1999-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PETERSON
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-06
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0291

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3240d18-2004-442c-91b4-5a7bd626262b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).