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Bill	PUB HEALTH-HONEY EXEMPT	Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the Criminal Code of 1961 to include in the definition of "raw agricultural commodity", honey that is in the comb or that is removed from the comb and in an unadulterated condition. Further amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to provide that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the Department of Public Health may not regulate honey that is in the comb or that is removed from the comb and in an unadulterated condition. Provides that both forms of honey are exempt from the provisions of the Act. Amends the Sanitary Food Preparation Act. Sets forth a definition of "honey house". Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the Department of Public Health may not regulate honey that is in the comb or that is removed from the comb and in an unadulterated condition. Provides that both forms of honey are exempt from the provisions of the Act. Provides that if a producer is engaged in the sale of honey at a local market and packs or sells less than 500 gallons of honey produced in this State per year, then the Department may not regulate or inspect the producer's honey house.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2959	Illinois SB 2959 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2010-01-28	2010-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/16a6a9fb-46dd-44d2-9412-3dfe181224bd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2959&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=50071&SessionID=76&GA=96	6ba8008f0ca319f72ca66d22bdf2bbc7bd5f10fa7a5f312098c37045feb10ef3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2959 (96th) — PUB HEALTH-HONEY EXEMPT

Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the Criminal Code of 1961 to include in the definition of "raw agricultural commodity", honey that is in the comb or that is removed from the comb and in an unadulterated condition. Further amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to provide that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the Department of Public Health may not regulate honey that is in the comb or that is removed from the comb and in an unadulterated condition. Provides that both forms of honey are exempt from the provisions of the Act. Amends the Sanitary Food Preparation Act. Sets forth a definition of "honey house". Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the Department of Public Health may not regulate honey that is in the comb or that is removed from the comb and in an unadulterated condition. Provides that both forms of honey are exempt from the provisions of the Act. Provides that if a producer is engaged in the sale of honey at a local market and packs or sells less than 500 gallons of honey produced in this State per year, then the Department may not regulate or inspect the producer's honey house.

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 — 50–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Luechtefeld — primary (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• William B. Black — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-01-28 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Luechtefeld filing
• 2010-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-09 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2010-02-23 Held in Agriculture and Conservation
• 2010-02-23 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
• 2010-02-23 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 2010-02-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2010-03-03 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010
• 2010-03-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010
• 2010-03-12 Third Reading - Passed; 050-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2010-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2010-03-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2010-03-22 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2010-04-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2010-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2010-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2010-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2010-04-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-13 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1028 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16a6a9fb-46dd-44d2-9412-3dfe181224bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).