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type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE-OWNER PERMIT-ROUNDING"
description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Requires the Department of Natural Resources, when determining which entities are eligible to be issued a free Wild Turkey Hunting Permit, to determine the total acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land and round remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal to half of an acre up to the next whole acre. Requires the Department of Natural Resources, when determining which entities are eligible to be issued a free deer hunting permit, to determine the total acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land and round remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal to half of an acre up to the next whole acre."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Illinois HB 229 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-15"
last_action: "2009-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f670c3a2-a2bb-4543-929f-aaaee958e1ea"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=229&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40339&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "c55a063f5e2e1cb9b124235f82d5faa38186d298bb77268bf5568af66951fc46"
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 229 (96th) — WILDLIFE-OWNER PERMIT-ROUNDING
Amends the Wildlife Code. Requires the Department of Natural Resources, when determining which entities are eligible to be issued a free Wild Turkey Hunting Permit, to determine the total acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land and round remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal to half of an acre up to the next whole acre. Requires the Department of Natural Resources, when determining which entities are eligible to be issued a free deer hunting permit, to determine the total acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land and round remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal to half of an acre up to the next whole acre.
## 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=09600HB0229&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40339&DocNum=229&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0229eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40339&DocNum=229&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0229enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40339&DocNum=229&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1010** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chapin Rose — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-01-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Chapin Rose `filing`
- **2009-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-05** Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2009-02-05** Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2009-02-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2009-03-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0162 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f670c3a2-a2bb-4543-929f-aaaee958e1ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).