---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNICIPAL CONTROL-PIGEONS"
description: "Amends the Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act of 1993. Provides that a county may prohibit or regulate the housing and keeping of any pigeons. Provides that a municipality may regulate, but not prohibit, the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, and show pigeons. Provides that a municipality may prohibit or regulate the housing and keeping of any pigeons other than carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons. (Now, the Act provides that neither a municipality located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants nor a county may enact an ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons, except that any municipality located within a county having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants may enact an ordinance to prohibit or regulate the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons.) Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2272"
citation: "Illinois SB 2272 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-20"
last_action: "2009-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/036489ff-55ee-4912-a940-d5ec859f5495"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2272&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=45191&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "6ef3043df7effd36c8651b9151be4bd3f2efc019085ed265dc4685a743e440b1"
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 2272 (96th) — MUNICIPAL CONTROL-PIGEONS

Amends the Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act of 1993. Provides that a county may prohibit or regulate the housing and keeping of any pigeons. Provides that a municipality may regulate, but not prohibit, the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, and show pigeons. Provides that a municipality may prohibit or regulate the housing and keeping of any pigeons other than carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons. (Now, the Act provides that neither a municipality located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants nor a county may enact an ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons, except that any municipality located within a county having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants may enact an ordinance to prohibit or regulate the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons.) 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=09600SB2272&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=45191&DocNum=2272&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2272eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=45191&DocNum=2272&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2272enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=45191&DocNum=2272&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **57–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **50–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Lauzen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Lauzen `filing`
- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass Local Government; 006-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- **2009-03-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Lauzen `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2009-03-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
- **2009-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 005-002-000
- **2009-04-01** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Lauzen `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 050-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2009-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-30** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 20, 2009
- **2009-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Chris Lauzen `filing`
- **2009-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000
- **2009-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-002-000
- **2009-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2009
- **2009-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0646 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/036489ff-55ee-4912-a940-d5ec859f5495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).