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Bill	ZOO PARKS-POLICE POWERS	Amends the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act to clarify the effects of both Public Act 80-320 and Public Act 80-414. Provides that a forest preserve district, containing a population of 140,000 or more, or the directors or trustees of such zoological society when so authorized by the forest preserve district, may police the property of the zoological park, employ, establish, maintain and equip a security force for fire and police protection of the zoological park, and provide that the personnel of the security force shall perform other tasks relating to the maintenance and operation of the zoological park. Validates the exercise of those police powers from the effective date of Public Act 80-1364 until the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2304	Illinois SB 2304 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	24	2	2013-02-15	2013-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/654148ae-634f-4a73-9dd0-8b54c810b726	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2304&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73910&SessionID=85&GA=98	0b6da9f36f13de2d4bfab1d05248228f5e775264f419445fb9706b3df2c1c89e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2304 (98th) — ZOO PARKS-POLICE POWERS

Amends the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act to clarify the effects of both Public Act 80-320 and Public Act 80-414. Provides that a forest preserve district, containing a population of 140,000 or more, or the directors or trustees of such zoological society when so authorized by the forest preserve district, may police the property of the zoological park, employ, establish, maintain and equip a security force for fire and police protection of the zoological park, and provide that the personnel of the security force shall perform other tasks relating to the maintenance and operation of the zoological park. Validates the exercise of those police powers from the effective date of Public Act 80-1364 until the effective date of the amendatory 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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2013-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-03-05 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass Local Government; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2013
• 2013-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
• 2013-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-19 Chief House Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
• 2013-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-29 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2013
• 2013-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0500 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/654148ae-634f-4a73-9dd0-8b54c810b726. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).