republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-4277.md

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Bill	COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSE	Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that blind or disabled residents may fish with commercial fishing devices without holding a sports fishing license. Provides that veterans who, according to the determination of the federal Veterans' Administration as certified by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, are at least 10% disabled with service-related disabilities or in receipt of total disability pensions may fish with commercial fishing devices without holding a sports fishing license during those periods of the year that it is lawful to fish with commercial fishing devices, if the respective disabilities do not prevent them from fishing in a manner that is safe to themselves and others.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4277	Illinois HB 4277 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2014-01-23	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/6780a08c-fe34-481c-a72c-3ef9716d1990	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4277&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78429&SessionID=85&GA=98	fe8edde01d81354ec9b69de2f25353998584276af1e6294f75d70eb3cf2f527e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4277 (98th) — COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSE

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that blind or disabled residents may fish with commercial fishing devices without holding a sports fishing license. Provides that veterans who, according to the determination of the federal Veterans' Administration as certified by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, are at least 10% disabled with service-related disabilities or in receipt of total disability pensions may fish with commercial fishing devices without holding a sports fishing license during those periods of the year that it is lawful to fish with commercial fishing devices, if the respective disabilities do not prevent them from fishing in a manner that is safe to themselves and others.

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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laura Fine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Fine filing
• 2014-01-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-01-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-11 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-02-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2014-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 5, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-03-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2014-03-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-05 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2014-04-29 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
• 2014-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
• 2014-05-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2014-05-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2014-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2014-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0898 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6780a08c-fe34-481c-a72c-3ef9716d1990. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).