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Bill	NUISANCE ORGANISMS	Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that an individual who knowingly imports any nuisance organism into this State is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor or a fine not exceeding $1,500 per organism imported, with a maximum fine not exceeding $25,000. Defines "nuisance organism" as a nonnative aquatic organism that will foreseeably alter and threaten to harm the ecosystem or the abundance and diversity of native or naturalized fish and other organisms.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5869	Illinois HB 5869 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2014-02-14	2014-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/29129153-fa09-407a-8146-d5c37cae768f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5869&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81174&SessionID=85&GA=98	b34cfc630662b4cb05589ccbce0ea01747ee59103ed3e5b9d96921702c2502e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5869 (98th) — NUISANCE ORGANISMS

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that an individual who knowingly imports any nuisance organism into this State is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor or a fine not exceeding $1,500 per organism imported, with a maximum fine not exceeding $25,000. Defines "nuisance organism" as a nonnative aquatic organism that will foreseeably alter and threaten to harm the ecosystem or the abundance and diversity of native or naturalized fish and other organisms.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Yingling — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sam Yingling filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-06 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sam Yingling 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 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2014-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-04-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2014-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-09 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2014-04-30 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass Criminal Law; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
• 2014-05-23 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2014
• 2014-05-28 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-25 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1044 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29129153-fa09-407a-8146-d5c37cae768f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).