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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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enacted | 3 | 31 | 2 | 2011-02-16 | 2011-06-28 | openstates | ocd-bill/c260b7a1-a857-4c4e-bd0c-dc0ebdf78737 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1724&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58907&SessionID=84&GA=97 | 2bd502bb9890ea19ac9ed3a89a53201a14981f144a67e223b260f49f503305e6 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
Votes
- Third Reading — 92–14 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 57–0 (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).