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Bill	IDNR-GRAY FOX SEASON	Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to trap or to hunt gray fox except during an open season, which may (rather than will) be set annually by the Director of Natural Resources between 12:01 a.m., November 1 to 12:00 midnight, February 15, both inclusive. Allows the Director, by administrative rule, to set the dates of, lengthen, shorten, or close the season during which gray fox may be taken. Allows the Director to also set, lessen, or increase the daily bag limit or possession limit of gray fox by administrative rule. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Department of Natural Resources emergency rulemaking powers. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	104th	HB 3760	Illinois HB 3760 (104th)	bill		enacted	Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Linda Holmes	4	39	7	2025-02-07	2025-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/4a979cc8-d967-4848-9d5c-97ea301b3d60	https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3760&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=162626&SessionID=114	fa365f2e27739a51a3ae99c4a9efd47a027e81766ef428970cf14d2ac3f5f7ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3760 (104th) — IDNR-GRAY FOX SEASON

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to trap or to hunt gray fox except during an open season, which may (rather than will) be set annually by the Director of Natural Resources between 12:01 a.m., November 1 to 12:00 midnight, February 15, both inclusive. Allows the Director, by administrative rule, to set the dates of, lengthen, shorten, or close the season during which gray fox may be taken. Allows the Director to also set, lessen, or increase the daily bag limit or possession limit of gray fox by administrative rule. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Department of Natural Resources emergency rulemaking powers. 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

• Agriculture & Conservation — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Agriculture & Conservation — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Agriculture — 8–4 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 48–8 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Agriculture — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
• Linda Holmes — primary (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. filing
• 2025-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-03-11 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
• 2025-03-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2025-04-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2025-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2025 reading-1
• 2025-04-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2025-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-09 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-04-23 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
• 2025-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
• 2025-05-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-05-08 Do Pass as Amended Agriculture; 008-004-000
• 2025-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2025 reading-2
• 2025-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2025
• 2025-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2025-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 048-008-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-23 Arrived in House introduction
• 2025-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2025-05-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
• 2025-05-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
• 2025-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
• 2025-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
• 2025-05-31 House Concurs
• 2025-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2025-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-06-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2025-06-30 Effective Date June 30, 2025
• 2025-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0019 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a979cc8-d967-4848-9d5c-97ea301b3d60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).