---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE-TECH"
description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 2028"
citation: "Illinois HB 2028 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 59
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d49888b7-ff98-42da-931a-2938c9ab6422"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2028&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=102643&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "db198e28d564ea5d32c3a0933bbbbadbabf488ac01830fc46ddfea1c1580450a"
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 2028 (100th) — WILDLIFE-TECH

Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=10000HB2028&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=102643&DocNum=2028&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2028eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=102643&DocNum=2028&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2028enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=102643&DocNum=2028&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony McCombie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin `filing`
- **2017-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ***
- **2017-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tony McCombie `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2017-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2017-04-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2017-04-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2017-04-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2017-04-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2017-04-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2017-04-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2017-04-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2017-04-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
- **2017-04-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
- **2017-04-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
- **2017-04-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2017-05-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 3, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2017-05-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-19** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 26, 2017
- **2017-05-24** Do Pass Agriculture; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 25, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 26, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-30** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-22** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0256 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d49888b7-ff98-42da-931a-2938c9ab6422`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).