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Bill	WILDLIFE-BOW & ARROW-DEFINED	Amends the Wildlife Code. Defines "bow and arrow" to mean a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot the arrow or a weapon consisting of an arrow and a sling shot to shoot the arrow, but does not include a crossbow. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1538	Illinois SB 1538 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2013-02-13	2013-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/9e15c5f2-9ca1-401f-b3a0-ea735c66f40f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1538&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72302&SessionID=85&GA=98	473b44a49c3dbba98f42bf714a9ce576a982616e471577102084450f0f863c72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1538 (98th) — WILDLIFE-BOW & ARROW-DEFINED

Amends the Wildlife Code. Defines "bow and arrow" to mean a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot the arrow or a weapon consisting of an arrow and a sling shot to shoot the arrow, but does not include a crossbow. 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 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chapin Rose — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-13 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose filing
• 2013-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture and Conservation
• 2013-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-03-05 Do Pass as Amended Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2013
• 2013-03-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2013
• 2013-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brad E. Halbrook
• 2013-04-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
• 2013-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-15 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-05 Effective Date August 5, 2013
• 2013-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0182 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e15c5f2-9ca1-401f-b3a0-ea735c66f40f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).