republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-4604.md

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Bill	WILDLIFE CD-HUNTING-GAME BIRDS	Amends the Wildlife Code. Changes the name of the fee from "Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants" to "Public Hunting Grounds for Game Birds". Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may permit hunters to take bobwhite quail, chukar partridge, and gray partridge on public hunting grounds. Authorizes the Department to set the hunting season for game birds by administrative rule between the dates of September 1st and March 31st, both inclusive.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4604	Illinois HB 4604 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2016-01-28	2016-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/9bce0417-b8d9-4185-93a9-bec6b4744489	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4604&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=93779&SessionID=88&GA=99	c7ec24cde47bcec7959c1d1b015d030f981feda8a2166de21d4687247b778ae1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4604 (99th) — WILDLIFE CD-HUNTING-GAME BIRDS

Amends the Wildlife Code. Changes the name of the fee from "Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants" to "Public Hunting Grounds for Game Birds". Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may permit hunters to take bobwhite quail, chukar partridge, and gray partridge on public hunting grounds. Authorizes the Department to set the hunting season for game birds by administrative rule between the dates of September 1st and March 31st, both inclusive.

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 — 108–3 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
• John Cavaletto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-28 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John Cavaletto filing
• 2016-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-01-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-02-16 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-001-000 committee-passage
• 2016-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Bradley
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2016-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-003-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-13 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 14, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
• 2016-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-17 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2016
• 2016-05-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2016-05-25 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2016-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-22 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-08-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0866 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9bce0417-b8d9-4185-93a9-bec6b4744489. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).