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type: "Bill"
title: "PARK DESIGNATION-NATURAL AREA"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "Illinois SB 154 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7631fe77-c32f-4f29-adaa-9ca1a3a33a97"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=154&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=54957&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "3cab15d546f509460d51824002ed30644971f44c70bfacea7b8f2a3a17abcb3a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0154&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=54957&DocNum=154&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0154eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=54957&DocNum=154&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0154enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=54957&DocNum=154&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **500** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1080** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7631fe77-c32f-4f29-adaa-9ca1a3a33a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).