republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-1673.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FERAL CAT SPAY/NEUTER"
description: "Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that in order to humanely reduce the feral cat population in the State, the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois may provide guidance for the operation of programs for trapping, neutering or spaying, vaccination and return or release of feral cats. Provides that no other State agency has any jurisdiction over feral cats."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 1673"
citation: "Illinois SB 1673 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Stuart", "Linda Holmes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a9175cd-e187-476f-b79f-903110b3ed15"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1673&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134309&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "bae26b195a1910171bd61cae0ed1de98552f03573fd7ba3863a7143d78b5f75f"
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 SB 1673 (102nd) — FERAL CAT SPAY/NEUTER

Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that in order to humanely reduce the feral cat population in the State, the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois may provide guidance for the operation of programs for trapping, neutering or spaying, vaccination and return or release of feral cats. Provides that no other State agency has any jurisdiction over feral cats.

## 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/SB/PDF/10200SB1673.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1673eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1673sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1673sam002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1673sam003.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1673enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katie Stuart — primary (person)
- Linda Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `filing`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Postponed - Agriculture
- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
- **2021-04-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Agriculture
- **2021-04-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Agriculture
- **2021-04-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2021
- **2021-04-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 21, 2021
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 006-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-06** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0329 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a9175cd-e187-476f-b79f-903110b3ed15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).