---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE--COYOTE--TREE STAND"
description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Authorizes hunters to use and possess tree-climbing and tree-cutting devices while hunting coyotes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 2294"
citation: "Illinois HB 2294 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-18"
last_action: "2009-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f9b40ac-f31e-45c7-a5e2-35350e338225"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2294&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44199&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "dd05521322dcfbb2ac8404fe1caa270525da9e6755aa7e356b69d65084b9ff21"
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 2294 (96th) — WILDLIFE--COYOTE--TREE STAND

Amends the Wildlife Code. Authorizes hunters to use and possess tree-climbing and tree-cutting devices while hunting coyotes. 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=09600HB2294&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44199&DocNum=2294&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2294eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44199&DocNum=2294&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2294enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44199&DocNum=2294&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Duffy — cosponsor (person)
- Kay Hatcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher `filing`
- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2009-04-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Duffy
- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John O. Jones
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2009
- **2009-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0390 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f9b40ac-f31e-45c7-a5e2-35350e338225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).