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type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE-RIVER OTTER LIMIT"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5692"
citation: "Illinois HB 5692 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b725a41-c8ce-411e-be86-a842c00c65b8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5692&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=111776&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "6c93d2ce6f84a4f7a5d0c766cca6e654042184222d7f6c80dab196bbbfe99963"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5692&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111776&DocNum=5692&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5692eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111776&DocNum=5692&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5692enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111776&DocNum=5692&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **531** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **7225** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b725a41-c8ce-411e-be86-a842c00c65b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).