---
type: "Bill"
title: "SHARK FIN BAN"
description: "Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that a person may not possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin. Defines \"shark\" and \"shark fin\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4119"
citation: "Illinois HB 4119 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-01-25"
last_action: "2012-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c08a5d2-17f8-42fc-8643-a09d9a30e4db"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4119&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=63402&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "79c666dfc969009305fddc3295402301a62a1c28a782753335278f3e72db782b"
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 4119 (97th) — SHARK FIN BAN

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that a person may not possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin. Defines "shark" and "shark fin".

## 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=09700HB4119&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63402&DocNum=4119&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4119eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63402&DocNum=4119&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4119enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63402&DocNum=4119&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **41–13** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **81–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2012-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-01-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-06** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Biss
- **2012-02-15** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Biss
- **2012-02-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2012-02-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-02-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- **2012-03-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-033-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Biss
- **2012-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2012-03-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2012-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2012-03-22** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** Do Pass Environment; 007-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2012
- **2012-04-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2012-04-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 041-013-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-02** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0733 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c08a5d2-17f8-42fc-8643-a09d9a30e4db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).