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| Bill | BOATS-AQUATIC LIFE TRANSPORT | Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that no person may place or operate a vehicle, seaplane, watercraft, or other object of any kind in waters of this State if it has any aquatic plants or aquatic animals attached to the exterior of the vehicle, seaplane, watercraft, or other object. Provides that no person may take off with a seaplane, or transport or operate a vehicle, watercraft, or other object of any kind on a highway with aquatic plants or aquatic animals attached to the exterior of the seaplane, vehicle, watercraft, or other object. Provides exceptions. Provides that a person must comply with instructions given by a law enforcement officer who has reason to believe that the person is in violation of the new provisions. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall produce and make copies available of a notice containing a summary of the new provisions and that owners of boat access sites must post and maintain a copy of the notice. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 97th | HB 3888 | Illinois HB 3888 (97th) |
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enacted | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2011-11-28 | 2012-07-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/c8bb3212-1d64-4097-8a5a-752cc9a5e26d | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3888&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=62619&SessionID=84&GA=97 | 11a3c17ad3cea4c75c13c62bd4ab92d684ef6aa5b087bb0a8b0210b27d284b17 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 3888 (97th) — BOATS-AQUATIC LIFE TRANSPORT
Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that no person may place or operate a vehicle, seaplane, watercraft, or other object of any kind in waters of this State if it has any aquatic plants or aquatic animals attached to the exterior of the vehicle, seaplane, watercraft, or other object. Provides that no person may take off with a seaplane, or transport or operate a vehicle, watercraft, or other object of any kind on a highway with aquatic plants or aquatic animals attached to the exterior of the seaplane, vehicle, watercraft, or other object. Provides exceptions. Provides that a person must comply with instructions given by a law enforcement officer who has reason to believe that the person is in violation of the new provisions. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall produce and make copies available of a notice containing a summary of the new provisions and that owners of boat access sites must post and maintain a copy of the notice.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 104–13 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 48–6 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- JoAnn D. Osmond — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2011-11-28 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
filing - 2011-11-28 First Reading
reading-1 - 2011-11-28 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2012-01-24 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
referral-committee - 2012-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- 2012-02-21 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000
committee-passage - 2012-02-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2012-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2012-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2012-02-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-013-000
reading-3, passage - 2012-02-29 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2012-02-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2012-02-29 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Suzi Schmidt
- 2012-02-29 First Reading
reading-1 - 2012-02-29 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2012-04-11 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation
referral-committee - 2012-04-18 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 006-002-000
committee-passage - 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
- 2012-05-02 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- 2012-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 048-006-000
reading-3, passage - 2012-05-15 Passed Both Houses
- 2012-06-13 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2012-07-26 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2012-07-26 Effective Date January 1, 2013
- 2012-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0850
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8bb3212-1d64-4097-8a5a-752cc9a5e26d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).