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Bill	STATE AMPHIBIAN REPTILE	Amends the State Designations Act. Designates the Eastern Tiger Salamander as the official State amphibian of Illinois. Designates the Painted Turtle as the official State reptile of Illinois.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 847	Illinois HB 847 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2005-02-02	2005-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/8eba6e08-7bb0-4642-a57f-31b26d568459	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=847&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15444&SessionID=50&GA=94	9bcbf89696da04106928de28f09e7ec66e89057b61a6ffa8e753d6cf67fc5f7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 847 (94th) — STATE AMPHIBIAN REPTILE

Amends the State Designations Act. Designates the Eastern Tiger Salamander as the official State amphibian of Illinois. Designates the Painted Turtle as the official State reptile of Illinois.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Biggins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bob Biggins filing
• 2005-02-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-08 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
• 2005-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-02-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
• 2005-02-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-02-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
• 2005-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-001-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-004-001 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-09 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2005-03-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-09 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2005-04-21 Do Pass State Government; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
• 2005-05-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2005-05-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2005-05-31 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-05-31 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-05-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-05-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-19 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0257 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8eba6e08-7bb0-4642-a57f-31b26d568459. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).