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Bill	DANGEROUS ANIMALS-PRIMATES	Amends the Illinois Dangerous Animals Act. Prohibits a person from having a right of property in, keeping, harboring, caring for, acting as custodian of or maintaining in his or her possession any primate, except at a properly maintained zoological park, federally licensed exhibit, circus, college or university, scientific institution, research laboratory, veterinary hospital, hound running area, or animal refuge in an escape-proof enclosure. Provides that this provision does not prohibit a person who had lawful possession of a primate before January 1, 2011, from continuing to possess that primate if the person registers the animal by providing written notification to the local animal control administrator on or before April 1, 2011. Provides for other notification requirements.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4801	Illinois HB 4801 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2010-01-12	2010-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/85943c04-a342-4b5d-932d-33115fc47a8e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4801&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49219&SessionID=76&GA=96	f62483f548ca2ce5d94854561930496cbe556d4e14668673026064082d3e8e5f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4801 (96th) — DANGEROUS ANIMALS-PRIMATES

Amends the Illinois Dangerous Animals Act. Prohibits a person from having a right of property in, keeping, harboring, caring for, acting as custodian of or maintaining in his or her possession any primate, except at a properly maintained zoological park, federally licensed exhibit, circus, college or university, scientific institution, research laboratory, veterinary hospital, hound running area, or animal refuge in an escape-proof enclosure. Provides that this provision does not prohibit a person who had lawful possession of a primate before January 1, 2011, from continuing to possess that primate if the person registers the animal by providing written notification to the local animal control administrator on or before April 1, 2011. Provides for other notification requirements.

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 — 105–2 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daniel J. Burke — primary (person)
• Michael Bond — cosponsor (person)
• William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-01-12 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel J. Burke filing
• 2010-01-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-09 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2010-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2010-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
• 2010-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2010-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2010-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2010-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2010-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-03-10 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2010-03-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Bond
• 2010-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass Consumer Protection; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
• 2010-04-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2010-04-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 052-002-000 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-1219 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85943c04-a342-4b5d-932d-33115fc47a8e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).