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Bill	WILDLIFE PENALTIES	Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that in a Section concerning taxidermy, only violation of the provision concerning licensing shall be a Class B misdemeanor and that violation of any other provision of the Section shall be a petty offense (now, violation of any provision of the Section is a Class B misdemeanor). Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that in a Section concerning taxidermy, only violation of the provision concerning licensing shall be a Class B misdemeanor and that violation of any other provision of the Section shall be a petty offense (now, violation of any provision of the Section is a Class B misdemeanor). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 3785	Illinois HB 3785 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2005-02-25	2005-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/a17ae2d2-4d3a-413a-a865-70734ea300cb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3785&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=20574&SessionID=50&GA=94	2bec1af700798850b3126dd4d9aafc8a694e6c5db124d8f91b1c23fadeba5ac6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3785 (94th) — WILDLIFE PENALTIES

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that in a Section concerning taxidermy, only violation of the provision concerning licensing shall be a Class B misdemeanor and that violation of any other provision of the Section shall be a petty offense (now, violation of any provision of the Section is a Class B misdemeanor). Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that in a Section concerning taxidermy, only violation of the provision concerning licensing shall be a Class B misdemeanor and that violation of any other provision of the Section shall be a petty offense (now, violation of any provision of the Section is a Class B misdemeanor). 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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 107–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano filing
• 2005-02-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-01 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
• 2005-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-11 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2005-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-12 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
• 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
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
• 2005-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-14 Effective Date July 14, 2005
• 2005-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0222 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a17ae2d2-4d3a-413a-a865-70734ea300cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).