---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE PRAIRIE STATE PARK"
description: "WILDLIFE PRAIRIE STATE PARK"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Illinois SB 12 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-07-26T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d5555db-3107-4865-b4ca-5d537e356754"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "9376ea17f0619dc792eaf05fa534064bda7438de91ccb9a9b167f140a57fde80"
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 12 (92nd) — WILDLIFE PRAIRIE STATE PARK

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB0012LV.html)

## Sponsors

- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- LAUZEN — cosponsor (person)
- LEITCH — cosponsor (person)
- MOFFITT — cosponsor (person)
- RUTHERFORD — cosponsor (person)
- SHADID — cosponsor (person)
- SIEBEN — cosponsor (person)
- SLONE — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00** PREFILED WITH SECRETARY JANUARY 4, 2001
- **2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR HAWKINSON
- **2001-02-01T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC & CON `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SIEBEN
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-AGRICULTURE S
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SAGR
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-02-22
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-02-28
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LAUZEN
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 051-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR SLONE
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR LEITCH
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR MOFFITT
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CONSRV & LAND `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 007-000-000 HCLU
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SLONE
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RUTHERFORD
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LEITCH
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MOFFITT
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-26T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-26T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-07-26
- **2001-07-26T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0170

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d5555db-3107-4865-b4ca-5d537e356754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).