---
type: "Bill"
title: "EASEMENT-FULTON COUNTY"
description: "Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, to execute and deliver a permanent easement to real property located in Fulton County to KSS Conservation Partners, LLC. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 1461"
citation: "Illinois HB 1461 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Anderson", "Norine K. Hammond"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aa2e57a-89ad-4aa8-b54f-c832ba636aeb"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1461&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=157514&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "33d7b965eeda5aebff712bbde748029a2958c9d99def0fc534c21e055be79dd5"
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 1461 (104th) — EASEMENT-FULTON COUNTY

Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, to execute and deliver a permanent easement to real property located in Fulton County to KSS Conservation Partners, LLC. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1461.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1461eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1461ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1461enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neil Anderson — primary (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond `filing`
- **2025-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-18** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2025-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000
- **2025-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2025
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2025
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0183 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1aa2e57a-89ad-4aa8-b54f-c832ba636aeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).