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Bill	PARK DESIGNATION-NATURAL AREA	Amends the State Parks Designation Act. Creates a provision designating the Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area in Vermilion County as a State natural area.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 154	Illinois SB 154 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2011-02-08	2011-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/7631fe77-c32f-4f29-adaa-9ca1a3a33a97	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=154&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=54957&SessionID=84&GA=97	3cab15d546f509460d51824002ed30644971f44c70bfacea7b8f2a3a17abcb3a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 154 (97th) — PARK DESIGNATION-NATURAL AREA

Amends the State Parks Designation Act. Creates a provision designating the Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area in Vermilion County as a State natural area.

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 — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs filing
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-09 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2011-02-15 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-02-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2011
• 2011-02-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 17, 2011
• 2011-02-16 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2011-02-16 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2011-02-17 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-02-17 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-02-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-17 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2011-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-28 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-05-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0177 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7631fe77-c32f-4f29-adaa-9ca1a3a33a97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).