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Bill	SIGNS DESIGNATING AGRIBUSINESS	Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture may sell at cost, to qualified applicants, signs designating an agribusiness that has been operated for 100 years or more or more than 150 years or more as the same agribusiness. Defines "agribusiness".	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4318	Illinois HB 4318 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	67	3	2015-10-19	2016-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/5074bfd1-c4bf-4e00-b928-49c9a20e6c94	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4318&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=92653&SessionID=88&GA=99	c1937fbf8917bc1fc606c7f5cbdf801efafc1041423c34f9ec9f2599cce1641c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4318 (99th) — SIGNS DESIGNATING AGRIBUSINESS

Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture may sell at cost, to qualified applicants, signs designating an agribusiness that has been operated for 100 years or more or more than 150 years or more as the same agribusiness. Defines "agribusiness".

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

• Concurrence — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
• Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
• Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-10-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2015-10-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-10-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-10-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2015-10-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2015-10-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2015-11-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
• 2016-01-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David B. Reis
• 2016-01-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew F Skoog
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Bradley
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2016-04-05 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
• 2016-04-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2016-04-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2016-04-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2016-04-27 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2016-05-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson amendment-introduction
• 2016-05-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-05 Postponed - Agriculture
• 2016-05-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture; sg
• 2016-05-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-05-12 Do Pass as Amended Agriculture; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2016
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-18 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2016-05-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2016-05-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-25 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2016-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000
• 2016-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 117-000-000
• 2016-05-31 House Concurs
• 2016-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0823 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5074bfd1-c4bf-4e00-b928-49c9a20e6c94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).