republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-4669.md

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Bill	ANIMALS-ACCELERANT DETECTION	Amends the Animal Control Act. Exempts accelerant detection dogs from regulation as vicious dogs if certain requirements are met. Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Makes it unlawful for any person to do any of the following to a canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty: (i) to interfere or meddle with the canine, (ii) to willfully and maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, or administer or subject any desensitizing drugs, chemicals, or substance to the canine, and (iii) to willfully or maliciously torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill the canine. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4669	Illinois HB 4669 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2009-10-28	2010-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/832bb976-33b0-44ba-a78b-bd0d3a188080	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4669&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=48817&SessionID=76&GA=96	1a29e09f5cf873a4e7a5e6cc115e9cbc01f0e2c0e7c989c7f4645d50f7c24c4c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4669 (96th) — ANIMALS-ACCELERANT DETECTION

Amends the Animal Control Act. Exempts accelerant detection dogs from regulation as vicious dogs if certain requirements are met. Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Makes it unlawful for any person to do any of the following to a canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty: (i) to interfere or meddle with the canine, (ii) to willfully and maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, or administer or subject any desensitizing drugs, chemicals, or substance to the canine, and (iii) to willfully or maliciously torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill the canine. 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 — 115–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thomas Holbrook — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-10-28 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook filing
• 2009-10-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-10-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2010-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2010-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2010-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2010-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2010-03-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2010-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2010-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 9, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 2010-03-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2010
• 2010-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1171 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/832bb976-33b0-44ba-a78b-bd0d3a188080. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).