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type: "Bill"
title: "DEER POPULATION-LOCAL CONTROL"
description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that if a municipality or other unit of local government conducts certain research and finds that the deer population of the municipality or other unit of local government may be managed, using an alternative strategy, in a way that results in sustainable deer populations, then the Department must either (i) permit the municipality or other unit of local government to implement the alternative method of deer population control on the lands of that municipality or other unit of local government; or (ii) provide funding for the municipality or other unit of local government to conduct any additional research, that is requested by the Department, on the alternative deer population control method. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 3425"
citation: "Illinois HB 3425 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-27"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3cadf06-b58a-477a-b76d-f7c4245fa9ed"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3425&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=32294&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "64ef199ecaad598117ce060d4ff6555b2e11ed9169e7fae8faa4ecfb6f53713c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 3425 (95th) — DEER POPULATION-LOCAL CONTROL
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that if a municipality or other unit of local government conducts certain research and finds that the deer population of the municipality or other unit of local government may be managed, using an alternative strategy, in a way that results in sustainable deer populations, then the Department must either (i) permit the municipality or other unit of local government to implement the alternative method of deer population control on the lands of that municipality or other unit of local government; or (ii) provide funding for the municipality or other unit of local government to conduct any additional research, that is requested by the Department, on the alternative deer population control method. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3425&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32294&DocNum=3425&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3425eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32294&DocNum=3425&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3425enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32294&DocNum=3425&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Motion — **3323** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **7040** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Karen May — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Karen May `filing`
- **2007-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Agriculture & Conservation Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-13** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Karen May `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2007-03-20** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2007-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2007-03-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
- **2007-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
- **2007-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-29** Fiscal Note Filed as amended by House Amendment's Nos 1 & 2, from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
- **2007-04-17** Removed from Short Debate Status
- **2007-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2007-04-17** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 070-040-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass Local Government; 009-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-18** Third Reading - Consideration Postponed `reading-3`
- **2007-05-18** Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed May 21, 2007
- **2007-05-31** Verified
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Passed; 033-023-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-28** Effective Date August 28, 2007
- **2007-08-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0529 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3cadf06-b58a-477a-b76d-f7c4245fa9ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).