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Bill	HUNTING HERITAGE-HABITAT	Amends the Illinois Hunting Heritage Protection Act. Provides that land management decisions of the Department of Natural Resources may not, to the extent practical, result in any net loss of habitat (now, land acreage) available for hunting opportunities. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 498	Illinois SB 498 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2007-02-08	2007-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a64cc0e4-d5d6-40c1-98f5-380dbadfd08c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=498&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28252&SessionID=51&GA=95	db4968c29d6bc3987daa38f12a4b31b0979192f474be4d5f2720e1f776007949	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 498 (95th) — HUNTING HERITAGE-HABITAT

Amends the Illinois Hunting Heritage Protection Act. Provides that land management decisions of the Department of Natural Resources may not, to the extent practical, result in any net loss of habitat (now, land acreage) available for hunting opportunities. 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon W. Phelps — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Reitz — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Forby — primary (person)
• Jack McGuire — cosponsor (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick J Verschoore — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby filing
• 2007-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-21 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2007-03-01 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
• 2007-03-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
• 2007-03-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
• 2007-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
• 2007-03-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
• 2007-03-15 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
• 2007-03-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2007-04-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2007-04-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2007-04-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
• 2007-04-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2007-04-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2007-04-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
• 2007-04-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2007-05-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2007-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2007
• 2007-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0118 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a64cc0e4-d5d6-40c1-98f5-380dbadfd08c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).