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type: "Bill"
title: "HOME KITCHEN&COTTAGE FOOD OPS"
description: "Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that a home kitchen operation does not include a person who produces or packages non-potentially hazardous baked goods for sale by a religious, charitable, or nonprofit organization for fundraising purposes. Adds additional requirements in order to qualify as a home kitchen operation. Makes changes concerning the jurisdiction of the local governing body over home kitchen operations. Defines a term. Removes a provision prohibiting certain types of jams and jellies from cottage food operations. Increases the gross receipt threshold of exempt food from $25,000 to $36,000. Allows the Department to adopt rules to implement the requirements of the amendatory Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 2486"
citation: "Illinois HB 2486 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-18"
last_action: "2015-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6fe55ce-9087-4406-a748-929fc85af30b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2486&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=87873&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "c5b591f0fef28c4eca7b1c47235a942a3ed0f5ea4a62163a6580d28e10fee421"
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 2486 (99th) — HOME KITCHEN&COTTAGE FOOD OPS
Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that a home kitchen operation does not include a person who produces or packages non-potentially hazardous baked goods for sale by a religious, charitable, or nonprofit organization for fundraising purposes. Adds additional requirements in order to qualify as a home kitchen operation. Makes changes concerning the jurisdiction of the local governing body over home kitchen operations. Defines a term. Removes a provision prohibiting certain types of jams and jellies from cottage food operations. Increases the gross receipt threshold of exempt food from $25,000 to $36,000. Allows the Department to adopt rules to implement the requirements of the amendatory Act.
## 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=09900HB2486&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=87873&DocNum=2486&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB2486eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=87873&DocNum=2486&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB2486enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=87873&DocNum=2486&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1050** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Andy Manar — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)
- Michael W. Tryon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael W. Tryon `filing`
- **2015-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Reginald Phillips
- **2015-03-02** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2015-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-03-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael W. Tryon `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael W. Tryon `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Consumer Protection Committee
- **2015-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Consumer Protection Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2015-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris
- **2015-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
- **2015-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
- **2015-04-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2015-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2015-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2015-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
- **2015-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2015-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2015-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2015-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2015-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
- **2015-05-06** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
- **2015-05-06** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2015-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2015
- **2015-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0191 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6fe55ce-9087-4406-a748-929fc85af30b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).