republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-1170.md

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Bill	LIVESTOCK-BRUCELLOSIS TESTING	Amends the Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication Act. Provides that cattle consigned to livestock auction markets or marketing centers in Illinois may enter such markets without test or certificate of health showing them to be free from Brucellosis, however, the Department of Agriculture may require that these animals must be negative to an official test for Brucellosis before they are removed to an Illinois farm. Makes other corresponding changes. Amends the Illinois Swine Brucellosis Eradication Act. Provides that no person may market any swine over 4 months of age unless such swine are accompanied by an official Brucellosis testing certificate or the swine originated from a validated Brucellosis-free herd or originated from a Validated Brucellosis-free Area. Makes other corresponding changes. Amends the Livestock Auction Market Law to make corresponding changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1170	Illinois HB 1170 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2011-02-08	2011-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/162a3128-fe60-4ca3-8f86-36b5eb7838ee	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1170&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57093&SessionID=84&GA=97	d3d65a268b0a0060686e48467661f6f6d22f7daf10703e1cc1ec3540fdb1eb4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1170 (97th) — LIVESTOCK-BRUCELLOSIS TESTING

Amends the Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication Act. Provides that cattle consigned to livestock auction markets or marketing centers in Illinois may enter such markets without test or certificate of health showing them to be free from Brucellosis, however, the Department of Agriculture may require that these animals must be negative to an official test for Brucellosis before they are removed to an Illinois farm. Makes other corresponding changes. Amends the Illinois Swine Brucellosis Eradication Act. Provides that no person may market any swine over 4 months of age unless such swine are accompanied by an official Brucellosis testing certificate or the swine originated from a validated Brucellosis-free herd or originated from a Validated Brucellosis-free Area. Makes other corresponding changes. Amends the Livestock Auction Market Law to make corresponding changes. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon W. Phelps — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps filing
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-14 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-16 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-16 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2011-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-05 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2011
• 2011-05-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-06-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-06-28 Effective Date June 28, 2011
• 2011-06-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0025 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/162a3128-fe60-4ca3-8f86-36b5eb7838ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).