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Bill	TRAP LOCATION REQUESTS-FOIA	Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that if an individual is authorized by the Department of Natural Resources to trap a wild bird or wild mammal that is known to be destroying property or causing a risk to human health or safety upon his or her land, then the location of the traps or snares shall be exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a corresponding change in the Freedom of Information Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5911	Illinois HB 5911 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2014-02-14	2014-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5b0ecfcc-237d-4147-94f7-c52a98d24e24	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5911&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81216&SessionID=85&GA=98	f1198c5b585f8951197f7f894b15f067faaf088a10322b8de36b70fb087ac491	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5911 (98th) — TRAP LOCATION REQUESTS-FOIA

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that if an individual is authorized by the Department of Natural Resources to trap a wild bird or wild mammal that is known to be destroying property or causing a risk to human health or safety upon his or her land, then the location of the traps or snares shall be exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a corresponding change in the Freedom of Information Act. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 102–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dave Syverson — cosponsor (person)
• David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
• James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)
• Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Link — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Bivins — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Haine — cosponsor (person)
• Wm. Sam McCann — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-24 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2014-03-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-09 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2014-04-09 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Brady
• 2014-04-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2014-04-10 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2014-04-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
• 2014-04-30 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
• 2014-04-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2014-05-01 To Subcommittee on Governmental Operations
• 2014-05-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2014-05-07 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
• 2014-05-07 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2014-05-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2014-05-12 Re-referred to Executive referral-committee
• 2014-05-13 Re-referred to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2014-05-16 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2014
• 2014-05-19 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2014
• 2014-05-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 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 August 25, 2014
• 2014-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1045 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b0ecfcc-237d-4147-94f7-c52a98d24e24. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).