---
type: "Bill"
title: "RIVER-FRIENDLY FARMER PROGRAM"
description: "RIVER-FRIENDLY FARMER PROGRAM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 2605"
citation: "Illinois HB 2605 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-22T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ae84674-02fc-4e2b-92a1-b601e92c14a4"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7ec95df4b94cc72d06b5073c13c180c17ef2829c679a280238091f964d1dcd13"
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 2605 (91st) — RIVER-FRIENDLY FARMER PROGRAM

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB2605** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB2605LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- LAWFER — cosponsor (person)
- LEITCH — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,RICHARD — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)
- TENHOUSE — cosponsor (person)
- WAIT — cosponsor (person)
- WINTERS — cosponsor (person)
- WIRSING — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1999-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC CONSERV `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 017-000-000 HAGC
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-WINTERS
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-WINTERS
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-WINTERS
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LAWFER
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WAIT
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-04-15
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR MYERS,J
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC & CON `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-AGRICULTURE S
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SAGR
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-29
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-04
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/WINTERS
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOFFITT
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WIRSING
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TENHOUSE
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOST
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LEITCH
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/HRUL
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/111-004-000
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-15T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0570

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ae84674-02fc-4e2b-92a1-b601e92c14a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).