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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	WILDLIFE-DEER MEAT-DONATION	Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes provisions that require a meat processor to be a member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program in order for the meat processor to donate deer meat that the meat processor has processed. Provides that if a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat processing facility and if the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the licensed meat processing facility that the owner no longer wants the processed deer or wishes to donate the deer, then the deer meat may be given away by the licensed meat processor to another person or donated to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat. Requires meat processors who donate deer meat to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat to keep written records of all deer received.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 3407	Illinois SB 3407 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Patrick J. Joyce	3	41	4	2024-02-08	2024-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/bceb56ad-1c93-406f-bf9d-2cbae7927e60	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3407&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152978&SessionID=112	3519b0ed65f048c1b5117fbfb33147e625cb25f1121e93a74b5206fcdabb3508	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3407 (103rd) — WILDLIFE-DEER MEAT-DONATION

Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes provisions that require a meat processor to be a member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program in order for the meat processor to donate deer meat that the meat processor has processed. Provides that if a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat processing facility and if the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the licensed meat processing facility that the owner no longer wants the processed deer or wishes to donate the deer, then the deer meat may be given away by the licensed meat processor to another person or donated to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat. Requires meat processors who donate deer meat to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat to keep written records of all deer received.

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 — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · lower
• Agriculture & Conservation — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 105–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
• Patrick J. Joyce — primary (person)
• Adam M. Niemerg — cosponsor (person)
• Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
• Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Bunting — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
• Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Lance Yednock — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne A Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce filing
• 2024-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-02-28 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
• 2024-03-07 Do Pass Agriculture; 012-000-000
• 2024-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-03-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
• 2024-03-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
• 2024-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
• 2024-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
• 2024-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2024-04-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
• 2024-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
• 2024-04-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
• 2024-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 008-000-000
• 2024-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal
• 2024-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
• 2024-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
• 2024-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
• 2024-05-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam M. Niemerg
• 2024-05-17 Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
• 2024-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
• 2024-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
• 2024-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
• 2024-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
• 2024-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
• 2024-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
• 2024-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-08-09 Effective Date January 1, 2025
• 2024-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0990 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bceb56ad-1c93-406f-bf9d-2cbae7927e60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).