republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-4590.md

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Bill	ANIMAL ADOPTION-FEE WAIVER	Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may (rather than shall) waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 4590	Illinois HB 4590 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Harry Benton Meg Loughran Cappel	3	27	4	2024-01-26	2024-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/0458d639-910c-45a9-b2c0-a024bc170b06	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4590&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=151888&SessionID=112	cb4bbed494b7262562459e3297f6506e4b65afdb2fbb5561ee5c9b87174890d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4590 (103rd) — ANIMAL ADOPTION-FEE WAIVER

Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may (rather than shall) waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria.

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

• Agriculture & Conservation — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · lower
• Agriculture — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Harry Benton — primary (person)
• Meg Loughran Cappel — primary (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton filing
• 2024-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-03-05 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
• 2024-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-04-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2024-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
• 2024-04-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-17 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-04-30 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
• 2024-05-09 Do Pass Agriculture; 012-000-000
• 2024-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2024-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2024-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-07-19 Effective Date January 1, 2025
• 2024-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0678 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0458d639-910c-45a9-b2c0-a024bc170b06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).