---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-ANIMAL CARE-DOGFIGHTS"
description: "CRIM CD-ANIMAL CARE-DOGFIGHTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 2440"
citation: "Illinois HB 2440 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-23T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf2c02c4-ff58-49e6-af37-af0acd9f7f74"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "ed2132f89c21735833f61aa684c7f71c2e113f9b11bdae453fa9dc64180d32c8"
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 2440 (92nd) — CRIM CD-ANIMAL CARE-DOGFIGHTS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB2440LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- FRITCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,JOSEPH — cosponsor (person)
- MCAULIFFE — cosponsor (person)
- MENDOZA — cosponsor (person)
- O'CONNOR — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HJUB
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MENDOZA
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCAULIFFE
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRITCHEY
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-03-29
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR RADOGNO
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 011-000-000 SJUD
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-10
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RADOGNO
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RADOGNO
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RADOGNO
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-14
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/O'CONNOR
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR SA #1
- **2001-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-002-000
- **2001-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/118-000-000
- **2001-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-21T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-01-01
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0425

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf2c02c4-ff58-49e6-af37-af0acd9f7f74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).