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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	WILDLIFE-PERMITS FOR CROSSBOW	Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a person applying for a crossbow permit to hunt deer must (rather than will) be issued a permit by the Director after the receipt of a physician's statement confirming the applicant is handicapped. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1602	Illinois HB 1602 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2011-02-15	2011-12-30	openstates	ocd-bill/9551aa48-3a23-4e78-a7ef-5c55cfca9b11	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1602&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58753&SessionID=84&GA=97	df06f504ceba697d9b5085af8515aa395b696db0f95cd7251ae473412584bccd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1602 (97th) — WILDLIFE-PERMITS FOR CROSSBOW

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a person applying for a crossbow permit to hunt deer must (rather than will) be issued a permit by the Director after the receipt of a physician's statement confirming the applicant is handicapped. 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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Al Riley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Al Riley filing
• 2011-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 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 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Al Riley amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-15 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 20, 2011
• 2011-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-05-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2011-05-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-05-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-10-25 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2011-11-07 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As November 10, 2011 reading-3
• 2011-11-08 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-11-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading November 8, 2011
• 2011-11-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-11-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 9, 2011
• 2011-11-09 3/5 Vote Required
• 2011-11-09 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-11-09 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-12-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-12-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-12-30 Effective Date December 30, 2011
• 2011-12-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0645 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9551aa48-3a23-4e78-a7ef-5c55cfca9b11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).