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Bill	DCEO-STRATEGIC PLAN-AG TOURISM	Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to develop and implement a statewide strategic plan to promote agricultural tourism in the State. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3244	Illinois HB 3244 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2011-02-24	2011-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/c682a015-1a91-45b9-bff1-517579ba1d33	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3244&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60610&SessionID=84&GA=97	9c56867033a349432a1304f415f00450152f44665198f792fa8705ad4ba3b241	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3244 (97th) — DCEO-STRATEGIC PLAN-AG TOURISM

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to develop and implement a statewide strategic plan to promote agricultural tourism in the State. 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 — 56–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kay Hatcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher filing
• 2011-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard Morthland
• 2011-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-28 Assigned to Tourism & Conventions Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Tourism & Conventions Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-06 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-005-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2011-04-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2011
• 2011-05-16 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2011
• 2011-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2011
• 2011-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2011
• 2011-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0392 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c682a015-1a91-45b9-bff1-517579ba1d33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).