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Bill	ANIMALS-EMERGENCY CARE	Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that any person, including a veterinarian, who in good faith provides emergency care or treatment without fee to an injured animal or an animal separated from its owner due to an emergency or a disaster is not liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in providing or arranging further care or treatment, except for willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that the statute of limitations is 2 years for a violation of the Act (instead of cruelty to animals). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 5076	Illinois HB 5076 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	45	2	2008-02-13	2008-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/42efc280-866a-4449-a68b-1460b313bb06	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5076&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=36042&SessionID=51&GA=95	38ce8e0d917a350b35fac089d5af00ff193b3eb141e42ce84c479205175b96a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5076 (95th) — ANIMALS-EMERGENCY CARE

Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that any person, including a veterinarian, who in good faith provides emergency care or treatment without fee to an injured animal or an animal separated from its owner due to an emergency or a disaster is not liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in providing or arranging further care or treatment, except for willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that the statute of limitations is 2 years for a violation of the Act (instead of cruelty to animals). 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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz filing
• 2008-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-02-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2008-02-22 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2008-02-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2008-02-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2008-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2008-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
• 2008-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2008-03-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2008-03-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2008-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2008-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2008-04-03 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2008-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2008-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2008-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-04-03 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-04-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2008-04-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2008-04-17 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2008-05-08 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
• 2008-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2008-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
• 2008-05-14 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2008-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2008-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
• 2008-05-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 008-002-000
• 2008-05-23 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2008 reading-3
• 2008-05-27 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2008-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2008-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2008-05-27 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2008-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2008-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2008-08-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2008-08-20 Effective Date August 20, 2008
• 2008-08-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0868 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42efc280-866a-4449-a68b-1460b313bb06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).