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Bill WILDLIFE-RIVER OTTER HUNTING Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides for the hunting and trapping of river otters. Provides that the season limit for river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per season. Provides that possession limits shall be 10 per person per season limit except that this restriction shall not apply to fur buyers, tanners, manufacturers, and taxidermists. Requires that the pelts of river otters shall be tagged in accordance with federal regulations. Provides that the Department may require harvest registration and set forth procedures, fees for registration, and the process of tagging pelts in administrative rules. Sets fees for registration and tagging shall not exceed $5 per pelt. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 97th HB 1724 Illinois HB 1724 (97th)
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Illinois HB 1724 (97th) — WILDLIFE-RIVER OTTER HUNTING

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides for the hunting and trapping of river otters. Provides that the season limit for river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per season. Provides that possession limits shall be 10 per person per season limit except that this restriction shall not apply to fur buyers, tanners, manufacturers, and taxidermists. Requires that the pelts of river otters shall be tagged in accordance with federal regulations. Provides that the Department may require harvest registration and set forth procedures, fees for registration, and the process of tagging pelts in administrative rules. Sets fees for registration and tagging shall not exceed $5 per pelt. 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 — 9214 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 570 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Patrick J. Verschoore — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2011-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore filing
  • 2011-02-16 First Reading reading-1
  • 2011-02-16 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
  • 2011-03-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore amendment-introduction
  • 2011-03-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2011-03-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2011-03-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2011-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 092-014-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2011-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
  • 2011-03-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2011-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2011-03-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
  • 2011-03-14 First Reading reading-1
  • 2011-03-14 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 . . . . . . . . . 97-0031 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c260b7a1-a857-4c4e-bd0c-dc0ebdf78737. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).