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Bill	PRAIRIE AND FORAGE PLANTS	Creates the Native Prairie and Forage Preference Act. Provides that every State agency, where appropriate, shall give preference to using native prairie and forage plants to benefit pollinators, including, but not limited to, honey bees and monarch butterflies. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide information when requested to support this initiative.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 3092	Illinois HB 3092 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2019-02-15	2019-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/af334d48-1f4a-49c6-a681-fe6d4d0e4ba3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3092&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119462&SessionID=108&GA=101	e8967726dc18a68263f6ffe9145935ffefd0b5606aeef3962f1fbb71d2c4b58f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3092 (101st) — PRAIRIE AND FORAGE PLANTS

Creates the Native Prairie and Forage Preference Act. Provides that every State agency, where appropriate, shall give preference to using native prairie and forage plants to benefit pollinators, including, but not limited to, honey bees and monarch butterflies. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide information when requested to support this initiative.

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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Anna Moeller — primary (person)
• Melinda Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller filing
• 2019-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 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
• 2019-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2019-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2019 reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2019-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Environment and Conservation referral-committee
• 2019-05-02 Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 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
• 2019-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-12 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-07-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0076 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af334d48-1f4a-49c6-a681-fe6d4d0e4ba3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).