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Bill	HUNTER INTERFERE-FISHERMEN	Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Hunter Interference Prohibition Act. Changes the name of the Hunter Interference Prohibition Act to the Hunter and Fishermen Interference Prohibition Act. Clarifies that the renamed Act applies to the taking of aquatic life as well as wildlife.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2546	Illinois HB 2546 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2009-02-20	2009-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/7203378e-2067-4edf-ac44-7c4b15bd9e5d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2546&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=45226&SessionID=76&GA=96	ac7b9c91c6f86b78b729e7d04aea6de3e99f56539941e92f3ff3e651099b108d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2546 (96th) — HUNTER INTERFERE-FISHERMEN

Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Hunter Interference Prohibition Act. Changes the name of the Hunter Interference Prohibition Act to the Hunter and Fishermen Interference Prohibition Act. Clarifies that the renamed Act applies to the taking of aquatic life as well as wildlife.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• William B. Black — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William B. Black filing
• 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-04-14 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 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
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0397 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7203378e-2067-4edf-ac44-7c4b15bd9e5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).