---
type: "Bill"
title: "POLICE ANIMAL HARM-PENALTY"
description: "POLICE ANIMAL HARM-PENALTY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 5639"
citation: "Illinois HB 5639 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-07-25T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b36a60c-f726-4efd-8a3f-24ba8ce64a94"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "ab84bc3da5325beeaef0c28d7dd68865a7e1bca89843f4498fa31441305bed97"
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 5639 (92nd) — POLICE ANIMAL HARM-PENALTY

## Version chain

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

1. **HB5639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB5639LV.html)

## Sponsors

- HOEFT — cosponsor (person)
- KOSEL — cosponsor (person)
- MCAULIFFE — cosponsor (person)
- MOLARO — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2002-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCAULIFFE
- **2002-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KOSEL
- **2002-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-13T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HJUB
- **2002-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO HOEFT
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 118-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2002-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 02-04-10
- **2002-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR MOLARO
- **2002-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 011-000-000 SJUD
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-04-25
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-05-08
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 03-01-01
- **2002-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0723

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b36a60c-f726-4efd-8a3f-24ba8ce64a94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).