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Bill	DNR-DEER DISEASE HUNTING	Amends the Wildlife Code. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to establish and publicize separate deer harvesting seasons, limited to gun or bow use, in order to manage or eradicate disease found in the deer herd. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 2918	Illinois HB 2918 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2003-02-21	2003-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/15d9d65e-76e8-43d6-a35d-1358073a86db	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2918&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5470&SessionID=3&GA=93	f09d6195e8755ee68aa7d6cc8c98c661a868fae38a5c648825230f5a9f70c828	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2918 (93rd) — DNR-DEER DISEASE HUNTING

Amends the Wildlife Code. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to establish and publicize separate deer harvesting seasons, limited to gun or bow use, in order to manage or eradicate disease found in the deer herd. 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Reitz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz filing
• 2003-02-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture and Conservation Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
• 2003-03-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-20 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
• 2003-04-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
• 2003-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-03 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-06-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-06-25 Effective Date June 25, 2003
• 2003-06-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0037 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15d9d65e-76e8-43d6-a35d-1358073a86db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).