republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-4663.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ANIMAL GASTROENTERITIS ACT"
description: "Amends the Animal Gastroenteritis Act. Adds members to the Swine Disease Control Committee. Renames the Cattle Disease Research Committee to the Cattle Disease Control Committee. Corrects references. Adds members to the Cattle Disease Control Committee. Provides that meetings shall only occur in the event of a disease outbreak or other significant disease situation. Provides that the meetings shall be scheduled at the call of the Director with the Swine Disease Control Committee and the Cattle Disease Committee to address disease prevention, management, and control in the case of a disease outbreak. Provides that members of the Committees shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. Repeals a provision that authorized the Department of Agriculture to coordinate research concerning the cause, transmission, treatment, and control of transmissible gastroenteritis and other diseases of swine and livestock. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4663"
citation: "Illinois HB 4663 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-05"
last_action: "2014-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24da9f80-fec5-4e0e-8cbf-576c743afe93"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4663&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79294&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "573b380e1183ee4ad5d2645e9bd9310a9205aabfb423296b7c1cc2d936f3f48e"
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 HB 4663 (98th) — ANIMAL GASTROENTERITIS ACT

Amends the Animal Gastroenteritis Act. Adds members to the Swine Disease Control Committee. Renames the Cattle Disease Research Committee to the Cattle Disease Control Committee. Corrects references. Adds members to the Cattle Disease Control Committee. Provides that meetings shall only occur in the event of a disease outbreak or other significant disease situation. Provides that the meetings shall be scheduled at the call of the Director with the Swine Disease Control Committee and the Cattle Disease Committee to address disease prevention, management, and control in the case of a disease outbreak. Provides that members of the Committees shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. Repeals a provision that authorized the Department of Agriculture to coordinate research concerning the cause, transmission, treatment, and control of transmissible gastroenteritis and other diseases of swine and livestock. 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=09800HB4663&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79294&DocNum=4663&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4663eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79294&DocNum=4663&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4663enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79294&DocNum=4663&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick J. Verschoore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore `filing`
- **2014-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2014-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2014-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** 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** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Andy Manar
- **2014-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
- **2014-05-01** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2014
- **2014-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0687 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24da9f80-fec5-4e0e-8cbf-576c743afe93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).