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Bill	ANIMAL WELFARE-ADPTN-MICROCHIP	Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Prohibits an animal shelter or animal control facility from adopting out any dog or cat that has not been microchipped or sterilized in a manner acceptable to the Department of Agriculture, unless the person wishing to adopt an animal prior to the performance of the required procedures has executed a written agreement promising to have the procedures performed within a specified period of time not to exceed 30 days. Provides that failure by an owner to meet the conditions of the written agreement shall result in forfeiture of the animal. Prohibits the release of any animal by an animal shelter or animal control facility to an individual representing an animal shelter, unless the recipient animal shelter has been licensed or has a foster care permit issued by the Department or the individual is a representative of a not-for-profit, out-of-State organization. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4036	Illinois HB 4036 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2009-02-26	2009-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/eef3f095-97ec-45b1-ba23-d5392b6e417b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4036&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46884&SessionID=76&GA=96	ef9179ab9c19fe2ae4f077d973e0e967ff760bd7a46d4af06d50fb8e18bc096d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4036 (96th) — ANIMAL WELFARE-ADPTN-MICROCHIP

Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Prohibits an animal shelter or animal control facility from adopting out any dog or cat that has not been microchipped or sterilized in a manner acceptable to the Department of Agriculture, unless the person wishing to adopt an animal prior to the performance of the required procedures has executed a written agreement promising to have the procedures performed within a specified period of time not to exceed 30 days. Provides that failure by an owner to meet the conditions of the written agreement shall result in forfeiture of the animal. Prohibits the release of any animal by an animal shelter or animal control facility to an individual representing an animal shelter, unless the recipient animal shelter has been licensed or has a foster care permit issued by the Department or the individual is a representative of a not-for-profit, out-of-State organization. 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 — 112–4 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2009-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2009-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-03-30 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-30 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-004-000 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. Linda Holmes
• 2009-04-29 Held in Agriculture and Conservation
• 2009-05-06 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 052-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2009
• 2009-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0314 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eef3f095-97ec-45b1-ba23-d5392b6e417b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).