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type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE-SURPLUS DEER REPORT"
description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2019, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Department of Natural Resources shall provide a report to the General Assembly providing information regarding deer management programs established by the Code or by administrative rule that includes: (1) the number of surplus deer taken during each separate harvest season; (2) the number of deer found to have a communicable disease or other abnormality; and (3) what happens to the deer taken during each separate harvest season. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2777"
citation: "Illinois HB 2777 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b41fa0bb-6d45-469b-af3a-5dea8ce44cd1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2777&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119025&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "dcafba3766bb62f20dee4e83683b3a6719fa1385e75a81d16d2aa1ada7ba9fad"
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 2777 (101st) — WILDLIFE-SURPLUS DEER REPORT
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2019, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Department of Natural Resources shall provide a report to the General Assembly providing information regarding deer management programs established by the Code or by administrative rule that includes: (1) the number of surplus deer taken during each separate harvest season; (2) the number of deer found to have a communicable disease or other abnormality; and (3) what happens to the deer taken during each separate harvest 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=10100HB2777&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119025&DocNum=2777&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2777eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119025&DocNum=2777&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2777enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119025&DocNum=2777&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Andrew S. Chesney — primary (person)
- Brian W. Stewart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Andrew S. Chesney `filing`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 4, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
- **2019-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Agriculture; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Effective Date July 12, 2019
- **2019-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0066 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b41fa0bb-6d45-469b-af3a-5dea8ce44cd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).