---
type: "Bill"
title: "FISH-TECH"
description: "Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the administration of the Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 1650"
citation: "Illinois HB 1650 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c26e8de-4df5-4315-84fc-df3ef9669934"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1650&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=72842&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "0d6108dd03027ff0b400ce12e288347859b0e93aa10deb04d8a893748d6d0127"
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 1650 (98th) — FISH-TECH

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the administration of the Code.

## 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=09800HB1650&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72842&DocNum=1650&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1650eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72842&DocNum=1650&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1650enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72842&DocNum=1650&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Norine Hammond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `filing`
- **2013-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-25** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael Unes `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael Unes
- **2013-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2013-03-27** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Norine Hammond
- **2013-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Norine Hammond `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Norine Hammond `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Unes
- **2013-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2013-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2013-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Norine Hammond `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2013-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-04-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2013 `reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2013-04-24** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2013-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
- **2013-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2013
- **2013-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0336 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c26e8de-4df5-4315-84fc-df3ef9669934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).