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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-CIVIL DAMAGES-CROPS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4177"
citation: "Illinois HB 4177 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88b6d026-9495-4282-af69-e900daa3d29e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4177&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=47048&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "fc3b880d0c0b6f5f389ef62ee19b8cc8db23624747f8b5bf60ffddf3967f9102"
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 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.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4177&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47048&DocNum=4177&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4177eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47048&DocNum=4177&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4177enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47048&DocNum=4177&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1151** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88b6d026-9495-4282-af69-e900daa3d29e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).