Fabio
6.1 KiB
type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
| type | title | description | jurisdiction | legislature | session | identifier | citation | classification | subjects | status | primary_sponsors | version_count | action_count | vote_count | first_action | last_action | source | source_identifier | source_url | source_hash | vintage | source_snapshot | retrieved_at | confidence | tags | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | LEAD SINKER & LEAD JIG BAN | Creates the Lead Sinker Act. Prohibits any person from selling, supplying, distributing or offering to sell, supply, or distribute lead sinkers and lead jigs. Prohibits the use of lead sinkers and lead jigs to take fish in freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, brooks, and similar bodies of water over which the Department of Natural Resources ("the Department") has jurisdiction under the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department, after consulting with the Illinois State Board of Education, to institute an educational program that meets certain requirements. Requires the Department to (i) notify the public about the Act's prohibitions; (ii) enforce the Act; (iii) confiscate, under certain circumstances, lead jigs or lead sinkers that it finds in the course of enforcing the Act; and (iv) suspend, for not more than 6 months, the hunting and fishing privileges of a person who uses a lead sinker or lead jig to take fish in violation of the Act. Provides fines for violations. Effective one year after becoming law. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | SB 1269 | Illinois SB 1269 (96th) |
|
enacted | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2009-02-10 | 2009-07-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/457c900d-b12b-4028-a8b0-74519bf8b9c2 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1269&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42210&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 44d301d154d43d4a88ff4be8399e3706ebebed6e3358b3078499e98287bc69eb | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
Illinois SB 1269 (96th) — LEAD SINKER & LEAD JIG BAN
Creates the Lead Sinker Act. Prohibits any person from selling, supplying, distributing or offering to sell, supply, or distribute lead sinkers and lead jigs. Prohibits the use of lead sinkers and lead jigs to take fish in freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, brooks, and similar bodies of water over which the Department of Natural Resources ("the Department") has jurisdiction under the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department, after consulting with the Illinois State Board of Education, to institute an educational program that meets certain requirements. Requires the Department to (i) notify the public about the Act's prohibitions; (ii) enforce the Act; (iii) confiscate, under certain circumstances, lead jigs or lead sinkers that it finds in the course of enforcing the Act; and (iv) suspend, for not more than 6 months, the hunting and fishing privileges of a person who uses a lead sinker or lead jig to take fish in violation of the Act. Provides fines for violations. Effective one year after becoming law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 102–14 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 41–13 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Heather Steans — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans
filing - 2009-02-10 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-10 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-02-25 Assigned to Environment
referral-committee - 2009-03-12 Do Pass Environment; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- 2009-03-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans
amendment-introduction - 2009-03-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-03-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
- 2009-03-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Environment; 007-000-000
- 2009-03-24 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Steans
amendment-passage - 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- 2009-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 041-013-001
reading-3, passage - 2009-03-26 Arrived in House
introduction - 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-04-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- 2009-04-06 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-04-06 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-04-14 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
referral-committee - 2009-04-21 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-04-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-04-23 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-04-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-014-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-04-28 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-05-27 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-07-23 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-07-23 Effective Date January 1, 2010
- 2009-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0061
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/457c900d-b12b-4028-a8b0-74519bf8b9c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).