---
type: "Bill"
title: "ANIMALS-FIGHTING-PENALTY"
description: "Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Increases the penalty for the violation of certain provisions concerning animal fighting from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony for the first offense and from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony for second or subsequent offenses. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 3614"
citation: "Illinois HB 3614 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2007-02-27"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/910980aa-d4a5-465e-b708-1b4a8ac3c18e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3614&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=32491&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "e31c8e573102f6d8fb988fd8ae8f3e80670710cd810211f9003588a150198061"
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 3614 (95th) — ANIMALS-FIGHTING-PENALTY

Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Increases the penalty for the violation of certain provisions concerning animal fighting from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony for the first offense and from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony for second or subsequent offenses. 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=09500HB3614&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32491&DocNum=3614&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3614eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32491&DocNum=3614&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3614enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32491&DocNum=3614&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Sieben — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `filing`
- **2007-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-03-15** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2007-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-20** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2007-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2007-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2007-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2007-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2007-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `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. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2007-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2007-05-03** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture and Conservation
- **2007-05-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
- **2007-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
- **2007-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2007-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2007-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2007-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2007-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 010-001-000
- **2007-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
- **2007-06-07** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-06-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 099-000-000
- **2007-06-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-07-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-30** Effective Date August 30, 2007
- **2007-08-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0560 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/910980aa-d4a5-465e-b708-1b4a8ac3c18e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).