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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 CODE-MUSKRAT HUNTING	Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that muskrats may be hunted at any time by gun. Permits muskrats to be taken by trap during an open season to be set annually by the Director of Natural Resources. Provides that it is lawful to shoot a .22 caliber rifle into the waters of this State when taking muskrats. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 6	Illinois HB 6 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2010-12-28	2011-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/8f40fd22-25a1-46a4-8848-d0e958acc71e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54384&SessionID=84&GA=97	d968aed8ed31af77ed391e023a687a340ed5334d45b0d36b07f08182c4ae4e8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 6 (97th) — WILDLIFE CODE-MUSKRAT HUNTING

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that muskrats may be hunted at any time by gun. Permits muskrats to be taken by trap during an open season to be set annually by the Director of Natural Resources. Provides that it is lawful to shoot a .22 caliber rifle into the waters of this State when taking muskrats. 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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John D. Cavaletto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-12-28 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. John D. Cavaletto filing
• 2011-01-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-08 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John D. Cavaletto amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-15 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
• 2011-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 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
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 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 . . . . . . . . . 97-0019 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f40fd22-25a1-46a4-8848-d0e958acc71e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).