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Bill	FISHING LIMITS-PRIV PROPERTY	Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that the limits on the number and size of fish a person may take in a day do not apply to a person fishing in waters wholly within his or her private property. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 5796	Illinois HB 5796 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2016-02-11	2016-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/19573d16-4aa5-4365-b0bf-849530730fa0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5796&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95259&SessionID=88&GA=99	bf7d4a49d915bdb4b3b483e565410c5696f0d9d0e15b60ed3320bddee2452735	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5796 (99th) — FISHING LIMITS-PRIV PROPERTY

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that the limits on the number and size of fish a person may take in a day do not apply to a person fishing in waters wholly within his or her private property. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

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 113-000-002 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
• 2016-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2016-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
• 2016-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
• 2016-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
• 2016-05-05 Do Pass Agriculture; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2016
• 2016-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
• 2016-05-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
• 2016-05-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kyle McCarter
• 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
• 2016-07-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-08 Effective Date July 8, 2016
• 2016-07-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0532 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19573d16-4aa5-4365-b0bf-849530730fa0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).