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type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE-DEER MEAT-DONATION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3407"
citation: "Illinois SB 3407 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence \"Larry\" Walsh, Jr.", "Patrick J. Joyce"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bceb56ad-1c93-406f-bf9d-2cbae7927e60"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3407&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152978&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "3519b0ed65f048c1b5117fbfb33147e625cb25f1121e93a74b5206fcdabb3508"
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 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](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3407.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3407eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3407enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Agriculture — **120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture & Conservation — **80** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **1050** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bceb56ad-1c93-406f-bf9d-2cbae7927e60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).