---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMPANION ANIMAL CREMATION ACT"
description: "COMPANION ANIMAL CREMATION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 1825"
citation: "Illinois HB 1825 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-09T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46c81309-66f4-467b-839d-0dc9861c19a7"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "4c3bf624ddda2aa7d9de5e6aca36c417c302af0778438c4c1a947adf5056f220"
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 1825 (92nd) — COMPANION ANIMAL CREMATION ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1825** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB1825LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BELLOCK — cosponsor (person)
- BOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- BURZYNSKI — cosponsor (person)
- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- FRITCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- HASSERT — cosponsor (person)
- LINK — cosponsor (person)
- MCCARTHY — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REG & REG `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-REGIS REGULAT H
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 017-001-000 HREG
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCCARTHY
- **2001-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOLAND
- **2001-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CROTTY
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-HASSERT
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-HASSERT
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HREG
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-HASSERT
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HREG/013-000-000
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-HASSERT
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FRITCHEY
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-17
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR PETKA
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** SPONSOR REMOVED PETKA
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO BURZYNSKI
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PETKA
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LICENSED ACT. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RADOGNO
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SLIC
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-11
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-18
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RONEN
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LINK
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-14T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-09T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-09T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-01-01
- **2001-08-09T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0287

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46c81309-66f4-467b-839d-0dc9861c19a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).