republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-4386.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE CD-RIFLE-DEER HUNTING"
description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a centerfire rifle may be used to harvest deer during the firearm open season set by the Director of Natural Resources annually. Provides that all straight walled rifle rounds are legal ammunition for a centerfire rifle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 4386"
citation: "Illinois HB 4386 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lance Yednock", "Patrick J. Joyce"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d496f3b-8a78-4b43-ac0c-2636082dcce7"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4386&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=137698&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "aa1148d37100ef03cf7d0c213b184bc71b988db546cee83ae90a345cb70c6f14"
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 4386 (102nd) — WILDLIFE CD-RIFLE-DEER HUNTING

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a centerfire rifle may be used to harvest deer during the firearm open season set by the Director of Natural Resources annually. Provides that all straight walled rifle rounds are legal ammunition for a centerfire rifle.

## 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/10200HB4386.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4386eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4386ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4386enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lance Yednock — primary (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — primary (person)
- Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
- Dan McConchie — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
- David Friess — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Luft — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Windhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lance Yednock `filing`
- **2022-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2022-01-25** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
- **2022-02-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lance Yednock `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
- **2022-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2022-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2022-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess
- **2022-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Luft
- **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. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2022-03-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2022-03-28** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As April 8, 2022
- **2022-03-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
- **2022-03-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2022-04-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2022-04-05** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 6, 2022
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-06** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-05-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-27** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-05-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0932 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d496f3b-8a78-4b43-ac0c-2636082dcce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).