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Bill	FISH-ASIAN CARP REDUCTION	Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Subject to appropriation, requires the Department of Natural Resources to establish a one-year pilot program to reduce asian carp by stimulating their bulk harvest in the Illinois River and by increasing the number of native fish. Requires the Department to issue a report with the results of the Asian Carp Reduction Pilot Program to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2010. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Repeals these added provisions on January 1, 2011. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 872	Illinois HB 872 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2009-02-10	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/a846898d-bbb6-4566-901c-d6d332679c6f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=872&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42411&SessionID=76&GA=96	8aa1b67c1f838e84aeb6590919e17be070e4db9bf1d318345c47bbce4bcc0c03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 872 (96th) — FISH-ASIAN CARP REDUCTION

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Subject to appropriation, requires the Department of Natural Resources to establish a one-year pilot program to reduce asian carp by stimulating their bulk harvest in the Illinois River and by increasing the number of native fish. Requires the Department to issue a report with the results of the Asian Carp Reduction Pilot Program to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2010. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Repeals these added provisions on January 1, 2011. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jim Watson — primary (person)
• Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
• 2009-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2009-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Agriculture & Conservation Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2009-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2009-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2009-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-10 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2009-03-17 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2009-03-17 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2009-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2009-03-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2009-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2009-04-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0452 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a846898d-bbb6-4566-901c-d6d332679c6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).