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Bill	WILDLIFE-RIVER OTTER LIMIT	Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes language providing that the season limit for river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per season. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 5692	Illinois HB 5692 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2018-02-16	2018-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/9b725a41-c8ce-411e-be86-a842c00c65b8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5692&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=111776&SessionID=91&GA=100	6c93d2ce6f84a4f7a5d0c766cca6e654042184222d7f6c80dab196bbbfe99963	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5692 (100th) — WILDLIFE-RIVER OTTER LIMIT

Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes language providing that the season limit for river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per season. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 53–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 72–25 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jerry Costello, II filing
• 2018-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-07 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-19 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
• 2018-04-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2018-04-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie Phelps Finnie
• 2018-04-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
• 2018-04-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
• 2018-04-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-025-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2018-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 24, 2018 reading-1
• 2018-04-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2018-04-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
• 2018-05-01 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
• 2018-05-10 Do Pass Agriculture; 008-001-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2018
• 2018-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2018
• 2018-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 053-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2018
• 2018-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0779 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b725a41-c8ce-411e-be86-a842c00c65b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).