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Bill	FISH-SHAD AND DRUM-TAKING	Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Authorizes persons to take shad and drum by means of a pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow device, spear, or gig. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2129	Illinois SB 2129 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2009-02-20	2009-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/f107a4d9-8913-4306-b64d-bd9de0f40dc3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2129&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=45052&SessionID=76&GA=96	c8705699014661eb04df164eb55969c19d1e35de20fd1603689bc913c5886167	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2129 (96th) — FISH-SHAD AND DRUM-TAKING

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Authorizes persons to take shad and drum by means of a pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow device, spear, or gig. 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Rutherford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Rutherford filing
• 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2009-03-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
• 2009-03-11 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
• 2009-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 2, 2009
• 2009-04-02 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2009-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-20 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2009
• 2009-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0433 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f107a4d9-8913-4306-b64d-bd9de0f40dc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).