---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Forestry Development Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Illinois HB 255 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karina Villa", "Michelle Mussman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 68
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2024-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddbb40ea-a0db-4162-a6a2-f1ad717c7cee"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=255&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=142087&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "3d541a295c3c2e738580832bf11ba180fbc5217c0509b8f3319dedd11d93d883"
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 255 (103rd) — CONSERVATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Forestry Development Act. 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](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0255.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0255eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0255ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0255ham002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0255sam001.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0255enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture & Conservation, Amendment 2 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture & Conservation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karina Villa — primary (person)
- Michelle Mussman — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris and III — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne A Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch `filing`
- **2023-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-23** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-15** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2024-04-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-15** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2024-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2024-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2024-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2024-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2024-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
- **2024-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal
- **2024-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2024-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- **2024-04-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2024-04-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2024-04-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2024-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2024-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2024-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
- **2024-05-07** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2024-05-08** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Karina Villa
- **2024-05-10** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2024
- **2024-05-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Karina Villa `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
- **2024-05-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture; 008-000-000
- **2024-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-17** Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2024-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2024-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2024-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
- **2024-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 115-000-000
- **2024-05-24** House Concurs
- **2024-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-08-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-14** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0788 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddbb40ea-a0db-4162-a6a2-f1ad717c7cee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).