republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-3090.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "BRAND ACT-ELECTRONIC FORMAT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Brand Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall make available in electronic format all recorded brands (rather than the Department shall publish all recorded brands in book form and shall publish supplemental lists at least once a year). Deletes language providing the Department shall, without charge, furnish one copy of the brand book supplements to the County Clerk and Sheriff of each county and that the general public may obtain copies by remitting to the Department the cost of printing and mailing each book and accompanying supplements. Repeals a provision providing that any slaughtering establishment or livestock market receiving branded livestock shall keep such records as required by the Department for a period of at least a year. Repeals a provision providing the Department, in cooperation with law enforcement officials, shall develop a uniform procedure whereby law enforcement officials shall alert livestock markets and livestock slaughtering establishments of reported livestock thefts. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3090"
citation: "Illinois HB 3090 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cbfb2d4-b38c-4d10-bdeb-8d12dcd5751d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3090&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104679&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "7961f385ce2d84f751505bbabda913ce68aad767fae919ab8c7edf7f07bf5840"
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 3090 (100th) — BRAND ACT-ELECTRONIC FORMAT

Amends the Illinois Brand Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall make available in electronic format all recorded brands (rather than the Department shall publish all recorded brands in book form and shall publish supplemental lists at least once a year). Deletes language providing the Department shall, without charge, furnish one copy of the brand book supplements to the County Clerk and Sheriff of each county and that the general public may obtain copies by remitting to the Department the cost of printing and mailing each book and accompanying supplements. Repeals a provision providing that any slaughtering establishment or livestock market receiving branded livestock shall keep such records as required by the Department for a period of at least a year. Repeals a provision providing the Department, in cooperation with law enforcement officials, shall develop a uniform procedure whereby law enforcement officials shall alert livestock markets and livestock slaughtering establishments of reported livestock thefts. Effective immediately.

## 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=10000HB3090&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104679&DocNum=3090&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3090eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104679&DocNum=3090&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3090enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104679&DocNum=3090&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Avery Bourne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Avery Bourne `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 5, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-04-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
- **2017-04-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2017-05-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-05** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11** Do Pass Agriculture; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2017
- **2017-05-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2017
- **2017-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0114 `became-law`
- **2018-05-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cbfb2d4-b38c-4d10-bdeb-8d12dcd5751d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).