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Bill	COMPANION ANIMAL-FORFEITURE	Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Adds specified offenses of the Humane Care for Animals Act for which law enforcement making an arrest may take possession of a companion animal. Adds specified offenses of the Act for which a court may order the forfeiture of an animal. Provides that upon a violation (rather than conviction) of specified offenses, the court may order the person in violation to forfeit the animal or animals that are the basis of the violation. Provides that a court may order that the person in violation and certain persons in the person's household may not own, possess, harbor, or have custody or control of any other animals for a reasonable period of time, including permanent relinquishment. Provides that a person who violates such a prohibition is subject to immediate forfeiture of any animal and subject to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than $2,500, or both. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 1499	Illinois SB 1499 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Karina Villa Maura Hirschauer	6	53	8	2023-02-07	2023-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/cf7aa69a-5e52-415d-aee4-0a266758b433	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1499&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146229&SessionID=112	542ed5a74e6e7e55245d57b6f4539d1703c9e35f66b955201272a367ad79f701	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1499 (103rd) — COMPANION ANIMAL-FORFEITURE

Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Adds specified offenses of the Humane Care for Animals Act for which law enforcement making an arrest may take possession of a companion animal. Adds specified offenses of the Act for which a court may order the forfeiture of an animal. Provides that upon a violation (rather than conviction) of specified offenses, the court may order the person in violation to forfeit the animal or animals that are the basis of the violation. Provides that a court may order that the person in violation and certain persons in the person's household may not own, possess, harbor, or have custody or control of any other animals for a reasonable period of time, including permanent relinquishment. Provides that a person who violates such a prohibition is subject to immediate forfeiture of any animal and subject to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than $2,500, or both. Effective immediately.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety, Amendment 2 — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 99–12 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 56–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety, Amendment 1 — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading, Amendment 1 — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety — 9–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Karina Villa — primary (person)
• Maura Hirschauer — primary (person)
• Anne Stava-Murray — cosponsor (person)
• Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Karina Villa filing
• 2023-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-07 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-02-16 Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2023-02-23 Postponed - Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
• 2023-03-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Karina Villa amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
• 2023-03-10 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
• 2023-03-23 Do Pass Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 009-001-000
• 2023-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 24, 2023 reading-2
• 2023-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2023
• 2023-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Karina Villa amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
• 2023-03-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 009-000-000
• 2023-03-30 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Villa amendment-passage
• 2023-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2023-03-30 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2023-03-31 Arrived in House introduction
• 2023-03-31 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
• 2023-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-04-18 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
• 2023-04-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
• 2023-04-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000
• 2023-04-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-05-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maura Hirschauer amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-05-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
• 2023-05-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 011-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-05-10 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-05-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2023-05-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-012-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-11 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2023-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 15, 2023
• 2023-05-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Karina Villa filing
• 2023-05-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
• 2023-05-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
• 2023-05-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 009-000-000
• 2023-05-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
• 2023-05-19 Senate Concurs
• 2023-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2023-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2023-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2023
• 2023-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0490 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf7aa69a-5e52-415d-aee4-0a266758b433. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).