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Bill	BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS ERADICATION	Amends the Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication Act. Provides that an animal with a positive reaction to a test for brucellosis must be reviewed by a designated brucellosis epidemiologist, or another State and federally approved designee, before the animal may be classified as an "infected animal" or "reactor". Defines "designated brucellosis epidemiologist". Provides that animals with a positive result to an official brucellosis test at livestock markets may be slaughtered or returned to the herd of origin only by permit and under quarantine for further evaluation. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 557	Illinois SB 557 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2007-02-08	2007-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/eeace078-eccb-4a9b-a0b8-d3f2115e4e3d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=557&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28382&SessionID=51&GA=95	3fb88b45af51a3f27fa6040ba428b5046018f96353989f2589294b11623018ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 557 (95th) — BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS ERADICATION

Amends the Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication Act. Provides that an animal with a positive reaction to a test for brucellosis must be reviewed by a designated brucellosis epidemiologist, or another State and federally approved designee, before the animal may be classified as an "infected animal" or "reactor". Defines "designated brucellosis epidemiologist". Provides that animals with a positive result to an official brucellosis test at livestock markets may be slaughtered or returned to the herd of origin only by permit and under quarantine for further evaluation. 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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John M. Sullivan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan 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; 009-000-000 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
• 2007-03-02 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2007-03-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
• 2007-03-15 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 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. Dan Reitz
• 2007-03-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 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
• 2007-05-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2007-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2007-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
• 2007-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2007-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-21 Effective Date August 21, 2007
• 2007-08-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0335 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eeace078-eccb-4a9b-a0b8-d3f2115e4e3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).