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Bill	WILDLIFE CODE-CASE DEFINITION	Amends the Wildlife Code. Changes the definition of "case" to mean any case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or container acceptable under specified provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3533	Illinois SB 3533 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2012-02-08	2012-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/576191c6-5ec7-4029-850d-d4434668a62e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3533&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65259&SessionID=84&GA=97	8af9c0d1dabf17110b2bd94af140ac99f945cb773013e4ff44ec0ff563673ee1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3533 (97th) — WILDLIFE CODE-CASE DEFINITION

Amends the Wildlife Code. Changes the definition of "case" to mean any case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or container acceptable under specified provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961. 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 — 90–23 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Brad E. Halbrook — cosponsor (person)
• Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry F. Costello, II — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Watson — cosponsor (person)
• John O. Jones — primary (person)
• Patrick J. Verschoore — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John O. Jones filing
• 2012-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-24 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2012-03-07 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2012
• 2012-03-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-23 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Wayne Rosenthal
• 2012-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-19 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 010-001-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2012-05-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2012-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-023-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad E. Halbrook
• 2012-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2012
• 2012-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1027 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/576191c6-5ec7-4029-850d-d4434668a62e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).