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Bill	AG-AG AREA DESIGNATION	Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. For purposes of designating an agricultural area, requires that any non-contiguous portion must be within 1.5 miles of the nearest portion of the area.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 229	Illinois HB 229 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2005-01-13	2005-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/1505258d-3e73-4005-a576-ba35170c6ebe	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=229&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14449&SessionID=50&GA=94	b6101e51fc671b65e452fafa383a796d18653004c7cb1f67dcebe34c2d25d359	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 229 (94th) — AG-AG AREA DESIGNATION

Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. For purposes of designating an agricultural area, requires that any non-contiguous portion must be within 1.5 miles of the nearest portion of the area.

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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard filing
• 2005-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-01-26 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2005-02-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-02-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 16, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-02-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
• 2005-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-24 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-04 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0444 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1505258d-3e73-4005-a576-ba35170c6ebe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).