republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-5788.md

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Bill	FISHING AUTHORIZATION & LIMITS	Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Adds catfish to the list of aquatic life that may be taken by pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, including a sling shot bow, spear, or gig. Provides that specified fish shall not be sold or bartered unless authorized by the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that the daily take, harvest limits, or additional species are subject to and set forth in administrative rule.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 5788	Illinois HB 5788 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2016-02-11	2016-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/3a4ac8f1-aa4d-4c30-a65c-4e73dbd29c7f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5788&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95251&SessionID=88&GA=99	50ea046d9dd503e27c7ed608853db007dfa88ad80fcb56bc63d30c43b68bd36f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5788 (99th) — FISHING AUTHORIZATION & LIMITS

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Adds catfish to the list of aquatic life that may be taken by pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, including a sling shot bow, spear, or gig. Provides that specified fish shall not be sold or bartered unless authorized by the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that the daily take, harvest limits, or additional species are subject to and set forth in administrative rule.

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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charles Meier — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier filing
• 2016-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 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
• 2016-04-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
• 2016-04-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
• 2016-04-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-13 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
• 2016-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-23 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 . . . . . . . . . 99-0867 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a4ac8f1-aa4d-4c30-a65c-4e73dbd29c7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).