republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-526.md

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Bill	ZOOS-FREE ADMISSION	Amends the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act. Provides that the zoo must be open without charge a total number of days, to be scheduled at any time during the calendar year, equivalent to at least one day for each 7 days the zoological park is open during the calendar year (now, at least one day each week). Allows the managing authority of the zoological park to limit the number of school groups that may attend the zoo on any given day and to establish other rules and regulations that reasonably ensure public safety, accessibility, and convenience, including without limitation standards of conduct and supervision.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 526	Illinois SB 526 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2003-02-18	2004-01-08	openstates	ocd-bill/80720271-33d7-4b7d-b7e3-c2f99466b996	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=526&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3158&SessionID=3&GA=93	27621e3e96dd6479c6524315c189296db13901840286cf0553092dfba7f6f19c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 526 (93rd) — ZOOS-FREE ADMISSION

Amends the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act. Provides that the zoo must be open without charge a total number of days, to be scheduled at any time during the calendar year, equivalent to at least one day for each 7 days the zoological park is open during the calendar year (now, at least one day each week). Allows the managing authority of the zoological park to limit the number of school groups that may attend the zoo on any given day and to establish other rules and regulations that reasonably ensure public safety, accessibility, and convenience, including without limitation standards of conduct and supervision.

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 — 112–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Denny Jacobs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Denny Jacobs filing
• 2003-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-18 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-19 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2003-02-28 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2003
• 2003-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
• 2003-03-20 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2003-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-03 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 016-000-003 committee-passage
• 2003-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
• 2003-05-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough amendment-introduction
• 2003-05-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-16 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
• 2003-05-23 Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003 reading-3
• 2003-05-29 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-29 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-06-01 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-11-04 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patrick Verschoore
• 2003-11-04 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2003-11-17 Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2003-11-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-11-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-11-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-11-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) amendment-failure
• 2003-11-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-003-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-11-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-12-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-01-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-01-08 Effective Date June 1, 2004
• 2004-01-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0651 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80720271-33d7-4b7d-b7e3-c2f99466b996. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).