---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCEO-STRATEGIC PLAN-AG TOURISM"
description: "Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to develop and implement a statewide strategic plan to promote agricultural tourism in the State. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 3244"
citation: "Illinois HB 3244 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-24"
last_action: "2011-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c682a015-1a91-45b9-bff1-517579ba1d33"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3244&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60610&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "9c56867033a349432a1304f415f00450152f44665198f792fa8705ad4ba3b241"
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 3244 (97th) — DCEO-STRATEGIC PLAN-AG TOURISM

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to develop and implement a statewide strategic plan to promote agricultural tourism in the State. 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=09700HB3244&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60610&DocNum=3244&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3244eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60610&DocNum=3244&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3244enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60610&DocNum=3244&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kay Hatcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher `filing`
- **2011-02-24** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard Morthland
- **2011-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-28** Assigned to Tourism & Conventions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Tourism & Conventions Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2011-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2011
- **2011-05-16** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2011
- **2011-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2011
- **2011-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2011
- **2011-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0392 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c682a015-1a91-45b9-bff1-517579ba1d33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).