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type: "Bill"
title: "COMMERCIAL FISHING DEVICES"
description: "Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Allows commercial fishermen to obstruct more than one-half the width of any stream or watercourse under specified circumstances. Specifies requirements for commercial fishermen who are unable to be in immediate supervision of his or her gill and trammel nets. Defines \"trammel net\" and \"gill net\". Makes conforming changes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3717"
citation: "Illinois HB 3717 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C.D. Davidsmeyer", "Steve McClure"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98982e63-8122-4859-a1ba-5a124b27eb15"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3717&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132765&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "6a6dcc8c55122e9868657cbde797a3b64c134fd20733dbe7aaa74acbadf671b6"
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 3717 (102nd) — COMMERCIAL FISHING DEVICES
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Allows commercial fishermen to obstruct more than one-half the width of any stream or watercourse under specified circumstances. Specifies requirements for commercial fishermen who are unable to be in immediate supervision of his or her gill and trammel nets. Defines "trammel net" and "gill net". Makes conforming changes
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3717.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3717eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3717ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3717enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1020** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C.D. Davidsmeyer — primary (person)
- Steve McClure — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer `filing`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-27** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2022-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steve McClure
- **2022-03-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Do Pass Agriculture; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2022
- **2022-03-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-05-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0724 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98982e63-8122-4859-a1ba-5a124b27eb15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).