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Bill	ANIMAL WELFARE ACT-ADMIN FINES	Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Increases certain penalties that the Department of Agriculture shall impose upon a person or entity who violates any provision of the Act or rule adopted under the Act. Provides that an administrative fine of $500 (rather than $200) shall be imposed for the first violation; a fine of $1,000 (rather than $500) shall be imposed for a second violation that occurs within 3 years after the first violation; and that mandatory probationary status and a fine of $2,500 (rather than mandatory probationary status and a fine of $1,000) shall be imposed for a third violation that occurs within 3 years after the first violation. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4410	Illinois HB 4410 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2014-01-29	2014-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/47dd627b-fbb3-478e-a21c-860d7030ce18	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4410&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78701&SessionID=85&GA=98	e34756ab50510e1bd0dd330d0353545ded648ab191713be5e26caffe733077d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4410 (98th) — ANIMAL WELFARE ACT-ADMIN FINES

Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Increases certain penalties that the Department of Agriculture shall impose upon a person or entity who violates any provision of the Act or rule adopted under the Act. Provides that an administrative fine of $500 (rather than $200) shall be imposed for the first violation; a fine of $1,000 (rather than $500) shall be imposed for a second violation that occurs within 3 years after the first violation; and that mandatory probationary status and a fine of $2,500 (rather than mandatory probationary status and a fine of $1,000) shall be imposed for a third violation that occurs within 3 years after the first violation. 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 — 55–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 104–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Harris — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-29 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David Harris filing
• 2014-01-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-01-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-27 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2014-03-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-28 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 1, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2014-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-02 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
• 2014-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2014
• 2014-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2014
• 2014-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0855 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47dd627b-fbb3-478e-a21c-860d7030ce18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).