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Bill	HUNTING-ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY	Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that any person on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States who (i) is now and was at the time of entering the Armed Forces a resident of Illinois, (ii) entered the Armed Forces from this State, and (iii) is presently on leave from the Armed Forces may fish as permitted by the Code without procuring a license, but only during such period of time and only with sport fishing devices as are permitted by the Code. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that any person on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States who (i) is now and who was at the time of entering the Armed Forces a resident of Illinois, (ii) entered the Armed Forces from this State, and (iii) is presently on leave (rather than on "ordinary leave") from the Armed Forces may hunt certain protected species without procuring a hunting license, but the hunting shall be done only during such periods of time and with devices and by methods as are permitted by the Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4721	Illinois HB 4721 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2009-12-16	2010-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/374aa041-c7dd-47e4-9a2b-69407b672f1b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4721&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49017&SessionID=76&GA=96	f1e6da05b7f9983abe6a5f732952c89c7b192b81384f6909fc59d9639d6333e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4721 (96th) — HUNTING-ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that any person on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States who (i) is now and was at the time of entering the Armed Forces a resident of Illinois, (ii) entered the Armed Forces from this State, and (iii) is presently on leave from the Armed Forces may fish as permitted by the Code without procuring a license, but only during such period of time and only with sport fishing devices as are permitted by the Code. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that any person on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States who (i) is now and who was at the time of entering the Armed Forces a resident of Illinois, (ii) entered the Armed Forces from this State, and (iii) is presently on leave (rather than on "ordinary leave") from the Armed Forces may hunt certain protected species without procuring a hunting license, but the hunting shall be done only during such periods of time and with devices and by methods as are permitted by the Act.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 106–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jack D. Franks — primary (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-12-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks filing
• 2010-01-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-01-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
• 2010-01-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2010-01-27 Referred to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Agriculture & Conservation Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-02-09 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2010-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2010-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2010-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2010-02-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-02-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-002 reading-3, passage
• 2010-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2010-02-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-02-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 18, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
• 2010-03-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-23 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1226 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/374aa041-c7dd-47e4-9a2b-69407b672f1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).