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Bill	UNMANNED AIRCRAFT REGULATION	Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Allows a unit of local government to adopt reasonable rules related to the use of the first 150 feet of airspace that is above ground level of public property owned or controlled by that unit of local government. Establishes that a unit of local government may only adopt rules for publicly owned or controlled property that is intended or permitted to be used for recreational or conservation purposes, including, but not limited to, parks, playgrounds, aquatic facilities, wildlife areas, or other recreational facilities. Provides that reasonable rules adopted by a unit of local government shall not supersede any administrative rules adopted by the Department of Transportation. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 2849	Illinois SB 2849 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Julie A. Morrison Robert "Bob" Rita	4	34	5	2024-01-19	2024-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/cb415748-9cae-4b99-82bb-f85d9c898659	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2849&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151674&SessionID=112	48963d1c78e4b66d097bb6682b8be76eafe38f908f7934184feac46e067a75cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2849 (103rd) — UNMANNED AIRCRAFT REGULATION

Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Allows a unit of local government to adopt reasonable rules related to the use of the first 150 feet of airspace that is above ground level of public property owned or controlled by that unit of local government. Establishes that a unit of local government may only adopt rules for publicly owned or controlled property that is intended or permitted to be used for recreational or conservation purposes, including, but not limited to, parks, playgrounds, aquatic facilities, wildlife areas, or other recreational facilities. Provides that reasonable rules adopted by a unit of local government shall not supersede any administrative rules adopted by the Department of Transportation. 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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Executive — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Executive — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Executive — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
• Robert "Bob" Rita — primary (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison filing
• 2024-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-01-31 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2024-02-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-02-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2024-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-03-07 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 010-000-000
• 2024-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
• 2024-04-09 Third Reading - Passed; 050-003-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2024-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
• 2024-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2024-05-03 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 10, 2024
• 2024-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
• 2024-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-05-17 Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
• 2024-05-24 Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2024
• 2024-05-26 Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2024
• 2024-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2024-05-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2024
• 2024-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0925 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb415748-9cae-4b99-82bb-f85d9c898659. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).