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Bill	STATE PARKS-FUNGI COLLECTION	Amends the State Parks Act. Provides that, notwithstanding provisions declaring it a violation to cut, break, injure, destroy, take, or remove any tree, shrub, timber, plant, or natural object in any park or parkway, the Department of Natural Resources may, by administrative rule, authorize edible fungi, nut, and berry collection in those areas of Department owned, leased, or managed lands where the collecting would not be in conflict or incompatible with (i) Department of Natural Resources natural resource management or recreational programs for that area and (ii) the Natural Areas Preservation Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 2950	Illinois HB 2950 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2003-02-21	2003-07-24	openstates	ocd-bill/dc6eb86d-4d63-4f4c-9214-aecd325c23bb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2950&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5502&SessionID=3&GA=93	3ea45118e5e53aa0881d00f697d9bf6f86add1a20d5bad788614c7c4b9ccab76	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2950 (93rd) — STATE PARKS-FUNGI COLLECTION

Amends the State Parks Act. Provides that, notwithstanding provisions declaring it a violation to cut, break, injure, destroy, take, or remove any tree, shrub, timber, plant, or natural object in any park or parkway, the Department of Natural Resources may, by administrative rule, authorize edible fungi, nut, and berry collection in those areas of Department owned, leased, or managed lands where the collecting would not be in conflict or incompatible with (i) Department of Natural Resources natural resource management or recreational programs for that area and (ii) the Natural Areas Preservation Act. 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 — 57–0 (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
• 2003-03-20 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
• 2003-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
• 2003-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-10 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
• 2003-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-24 Effective Date July 24, 2003
• 2003-07-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0341 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc6eb86d-4d63-4f4c-9214-aecd325c23bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).