---
type: "Bill"
title: "DNR-WORLD SHOOTING-ACCOUNT"
description: "Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to provide that a local bank account established for the World Shooting and Recreational Complex that is used to hold income received before and during a competitive shooting event, to pay out cash prizes for the same event for which the income was received, or to purchase prizes for that event is exempt from a requirement that the balance of the account be forwarded to the Department for deposit with the State Treasurer on Monday of each week if the amount exceeds $500. Requires such an account to be in the name of the Department and subject to regular audits. Limits the balance of the account to a maximum of $250,000. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1778"
citation: "Illinois HB 1778 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8d0aa01-8e17-4399-b6d3-4deebfa08d28"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1778&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30607&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "7ac441858e4cbd886d6b1f36fbce601488f9c33554f1ebd22beb29e6546fbeb1"
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 1778 (95th) — DNR-WORLD SHOOTING-ACCOUNT

Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to provide that a local bank account established for the World Shooting and Recreational Complex that is used to hold income received before and during a competitive shooting event, to pay out cash prizes for the same event for which the income was received, or to purchase prizes for that event is exempt from a requirement that the balance of the account be forwarded to the Department for deposit with the State Treasurer on Monday of each week if the amount exceeds $500. Requires such an account to be in the name of the Department and subject to regular audits. Limits the balance of the account to a maximum of $250,000. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1778&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30607&DocNum=1778&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1778eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30607&DocNum=1778&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1778enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30607&DocNum=1778&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Reitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `filing`
- **2007-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2007-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-29** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Luechtefeld
- **2007-03-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
- **2007-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2007
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2007
- **2007-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0220 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8d0aa01-8e17-4399-b6d3-4deebfa08d28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).