---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURE-TECH"
description: "Creates the Local Farm and Food Products Act. Contains only a short title provision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 3990"
citation: "Illinois HB 3990 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 110
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6213335-b8dc-4779-b0bc-9e04822e61fa"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3990&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46828&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "03bed2e08c6a3ed4ebb963c03d6b3ca26b833d90af58c7f2dca69edc8c32b255"
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 3990 (96th) — AGRICULTURE-TECH

Creates the Local Farm and Food Products Act. Contains only a short title provision.

## 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=09600HB3990&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46828&DocNum=3990&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3990eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46828&DocNum=3990&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3990enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46828&DocNum=3990&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **67–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
- Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Dale A. Righter — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- David Luechtefeld — cosponsor (person)
- Deanna Demuzio — cosponsor (person)
- Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- James T. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Hamos — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)
- Kwame Raoul — cosponsor (person)
- Larry K. Bomke — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Louis S. Viverito — cosponsor (person)
- M. Maggie Crotty — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Bond — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
- Rickey R. Hendon — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Link — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Bivins — cosponsor (person)
- Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Haine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Julie Hamos `filing`
- **2009-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2009-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2009-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2009-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2009-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2009-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
- **2009-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2009-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- **2009-03-10** Re-assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-10** Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2009-03-10** Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed 067-040-004
- **2009-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2009-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2009-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2009-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Agriculture & Conservation Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2009-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2009-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
- **2009-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2009-03-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2009-03-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-03-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2009-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2009-03-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2009-03-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2009-03-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2009-03-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2009-03-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
- **2009-03-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2009-03-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2009-04-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2009-04-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2009-04-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2009-04-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2009-04-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2009-04-02** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Luechtefeld
- **2009-04-02** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2009-04-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2009-04-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2009-04-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2009-04-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2009-04-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2009-04-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2009-04-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Bond
- **2009-04-23** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2009-04-23** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2009-04-23** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
- **2009-04-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2009-04-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture and Conservation
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture and Conservation; 008-001-001 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2009-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
- **2009-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2009-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2009-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
- **2009-05-06** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-05-06** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2009-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
- **2009-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2009-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 057-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M. Gordon
- **2009-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2009-05-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2009-05-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2009-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 117-000-000
- **2009-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2009
- **2009-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0579 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6213335-b8dc-4779-b0bc-9e04822e61fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).