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type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE-NUISANCE CONTROL"
description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to issue a Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit not only to any person who is providing nuisance wildlife control services for a fee or compensation, but also to any person who solicits customers for themselves or on behalf of a nuisance wildlife control permit holder for a fee or compensation. Provides that a drainage district or road district or the designee of a drainage district or road district is exempt from the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance muskrats or beavers if certain requirements are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 5522"
citation: "Illinois HB 5522 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence \"Larry\" Walsh, Jr.", "Patrick J. Joyce"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8f34154-d9e9-41c5-a454-b7a0c51e7d9c"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5522&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153871&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "a6b61e4442562d171721a46c3dec149c02b1e7db31b347ac35e55f693beff98c"
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 5522 (103rd) — WILDLIFE-NUISANCE CONTROL
Amends the Wildlife Code. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to issue a Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit not only to any person who is providing nuisance wildlife control services for a fee or compensation, but also to any person who solicits customers for themselves or on behalf of a nuisance wildlife control permit holder for a fee or compensation. Provides that a drainage district or road district or the designee of a drainage district or road district is exempt from the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance muskrats or beavers if certain requirements are met.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5522.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5522eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5522enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture & Conservation — **80** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture — **120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — primary (person)
- Amy L. Grant — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley Fritts — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Yednock — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Windhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Weaver — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne A Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. `filing`
- **2024-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-02-28** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2024-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 008-000-000
- **2024-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal
- **2024-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2024-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy L. Grant
- **2024-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2024-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **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`
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
- **2024-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2024-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
- **2024-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0611 `became-law`
- **2024-07-08** Effective Date January 1, 2025
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8f34154-d9e9-41c5-a454-b7a0c51e7d9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).