---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE-HUNTING LICENSE"
description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Defines \"hunting license\" as an electronic or physical license authorizing the person to take a certain type of animal during a specified period of time. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3093"
citation: "Illinois HB 3093 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93423ea1-2768-48cd-84ca-4aff2caf7fe7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3093&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104682&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "34cb40f0278bd31cf3f10fc66569f8ba3003c9a5c244535926a56a9b50d0e84a"
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 3093 (100th) — WILDLIFE-HUNTING LICENSE

Amends the Wildlife Code. Defines "hunting license" as an electronic or physical license authorizing the person to take a certain type of animal during a specified period of time. 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=10000HB3093&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104682&DocNum=3093&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3093eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104682&DocNum=3093&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3093enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104682&DocNum=3093&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Avery Bourne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Avery Bourne `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2017-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** Do Pass Agriculture; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2017
- **2017-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2017
- **2017-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2017
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0150 `became-law`
- **2018-05-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2018-05-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93423ea1-2768-48cd-84ca-4aff2caf7fe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).