---
type: "Bill"
title: "AG-AG AREA DESIGNATION"
description: "Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. For purposes of designating an agricultural area, requires that any non-contiguous portion must be within 1.5 miles of the nearest portion of the area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Illinois HB 229 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-13"
last_action: "2005-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1505258d-3e73-4005-a576-ba35170c6ebe"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=229&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14449&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "b6101e51fc671b65e452fafa383a796d18653004c7cb1f67dcebe34c2d25d359"
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 229 (94th) — AG-AG AREA DESIGNATION

Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. For purposes of designating an agricultural area, requires that any non-contiguous portion must be within 1.5 miles of the nearest portion of the area.

## 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=09400HB0229&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14449&DocNum=229&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0229eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14449&DocNum=229&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0229enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14449&DocNum=229&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
- Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard `filing`
- **2005-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2005-02-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-02-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 16, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-02-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0444 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1505258d-3e73-4005-a576-ba35170c6ebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).