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Bill	ANIMALS-PENALTIES-FIGHTING	Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Increases criminal penalties for certain activities related to the use of animals, except dogs, for sport fighting. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Increases criminal penalties for certain activities related to dog fighting. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 69	Illinois HB 69 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	63	2	2009-01-09	2009-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/1bc7750e-6230-45bb-a2d3-e74d11526d0f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=69&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40053&SessionID=76&GA=96	d1ae15b73bcf0c15de1ba00fcbd88f0ca3a82122277d596411a590cb02e9a57c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 69 (96th) — ANIMALS-PENALTIES-FIGHTING

Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Increases criminal penalties for certain activities related to the use of animals, except dogs, for sport fighting. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Increases criminal penalties for certain activities related to dog fighting. 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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marlow H. Colvin — primary (person)
• Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-09 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin filing
• 2009-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-01-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2009-01-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2009-01-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
• 2009-02-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2009-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2009-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2009-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2009-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2009-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2009-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2009-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2009-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2009-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2009-02-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2009-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2009-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2009-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2009-02-20 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2009-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2009-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2009-03-25 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
• 2009-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2009-03-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2009-04-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2009-04-30 To Criminal Law Subcommittee on Enhancements and Redundancy
• 2009-05-07 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-001 committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
• 2009-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2009
• 2009-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0226 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1bc7750e-6230-45bb-a2d3-e74d11526d0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).