republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-5085.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURE-TECH"
description: "Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5085"
citation: "Illinois HB 5085 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2014-02-06"
last_action: "2014-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a70d27e7-d1f4-47b2-af23-2b99c86567fa"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5085&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79824&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "023616fa1e5714e7508d693df8b16a28af8add9cedfd44e73c397c4d52356dc5"
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 5085 (98th) — AGRICULTURE-TECH

Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=09800HB5085&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79824&DocNum=5085&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5085eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79824&DocNum=5085&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5085enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79824&DocNum=5085&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **81–34** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **70–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David R. Leitch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin `filing`
- **2014-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-26** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2014-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. David R. Leitch `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2014-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted - Lost Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 005-010-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-04-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-03** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. David R. Leitch `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2014-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 010-004-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
- **2014-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2014-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
- **2014-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
- **2014-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-028-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
- **2014-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
- **2014-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2014-04-29** Postponed - Agriculture and Conservation
- **2014-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Darin M. LaHood `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture and Conservation
- **2014-05-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture and Conservation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2014
- **2014-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2014-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2014-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2014-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2014-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 081-034-000
- **2014-05-29** House Concurs
- **2014-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-26** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1072 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a70d27e7-d1f4-47b2-af23-2b99c86567fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).