republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-1703.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVATION POLICE OPERATIONS"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Conservation Police Operations Assistance Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may use moneys in the Fund to support any lawful operations of the Illinois Conservation Police. Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that a clerk of the circuit court in any county that imposes a fee for automated record keeping shall charge and collect an additional fee in an amount equal to the amount of that fee. Provides that the additional fee shall be paid by the defendant upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision for specified offenses. Provides that the additional fee shall be deposited into the Conservation Police Operations Assistance Fund. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1703"
citation: "Illinois SB 1703 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aed095d7-e25e-4549-9156-c3841c336892"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1703&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57725&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "8260cb7ad7e901175717496bb0ab74a47b85e3dade57a81606166b470c459d8f"
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 1703 (97th) — CONSERVATION POLICE OPERATIONS

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Conservation Police Operations Assistance Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may use moneys in the Fund to support any lawful operations of the Illinois Conservation Police. Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that a clerk of the circuit court in any county that imposes a fee for automated record keeping shall charge and collect an additional fee in an amount equal to the amount of that fee. Provides that the additional fee shall be paid by the defendant upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision for specified offenses. Provides that the additional fee shall be deposited into the Conservation Police Operations Assistance Fund. Effective immediately.

## 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=09700SB1703&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57725&DocNum=1703&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1703eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57725&DocNum=1703&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1703enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57725&DocNum=1703&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2011-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-02-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2011-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-01** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2011
- **2011-03-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 3, 2011
- **2011-03-03** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. David Reis
- **2011-03-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Frank J. Mautino
- **2011-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-26** 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`
- **2011-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-28** Effective Date July 1, 2012
- **2011-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0046 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aed095d7-e25e-4549-9156-c3841c336892`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).