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| Bill | CRIM CD-CIVIL DAMAGES-CROPS | Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that in addition to any criminal penalties imposed for criminal damage to property, if a person is convicted of or placed on supervision for knowingly damaging or destroying crops of another, including crops intended for personal, commercial, research, or developmental purposes, the person is liable in a civil action to the owner of any crops damaged or destroyed for money damages up to twice the market value of the crops damaged or destroyed. Effective July 1, 2009. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 4177 | Illinois HB 4177 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 31 | 2 | 2009-02-27 | 2009-08-14 | openstates | ocd-bill/88b6d026-9495-4282-af69-e900daa3d29e | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4177&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=47048&SessionID=76&GA=96 | fc3b880d0c0b6f5f389ef62ee19b8cc8db23624747f8b5bf60ffddf3967f9102 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 4177 (96th) — CRIM CD-CIVIL DAMAGES-CROPS
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that in addition to any criminal penalties imposed for criminal damage to property, if a person is convicted of or placed on supervision for knowingly damaging or destroying crops of another, including crops intended for personal, commercial, research, or developmental purposes, the person is liable in a civil action to the owner of any crops damaged or destroyed for money damages up to twice the market value of the crops damaged or destroyed. Effective July 1, 2009.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 115–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Michael K. Smith — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael K. Smith
filing - 2009-02-27 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-03-04 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
referral-committee - 2009-03-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-002-001
committee-passage - 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 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 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2009-03-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- 2009-03-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2009-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000
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 - 2009-04-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. David Koehler
- 2009-04-22 Assigned to Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2009-04-30 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
- 2009-05-13 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-05-13 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 - 2009-08-14 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-08-14 Effective Date August 14, 2009
- 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0529
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88b6d026-9495-4282-af69-e900daa3d29e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).