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type: "Bill"
title: "COMMERCIAL FISHING REGULATION"
description: "Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that all trout, including lake trout, salmon, and lake whitefish may not be taken by commercial fishing devices, including gill or pound nets. Provides that any incidental catch of trout, including lake trout, salmon, and lake whitefish taken in legal sized gill or pound nets must be returned immediately to the water. Provides that the methods of taking are subject to modification by administrative rule based upon lake-wide scientific assessment data or fishery management need. Repeals a Section concerning commercial fishing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3272"
citation: "Illinois HB 3272 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/067c7323-df2a-490e-9110-508e8b44f07a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3272&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104986&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "91c4f6cbc6d4990aee41a720436a7603d68cc331f439a4a85375e4d0f52a3939"
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 3272 (100th) — COMMERCIAL FISHING REGULATION
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that all trout, including lake trout, salmon, and lake whitefish may not be taken by commercial fishing devices, including gill or pound nets. Provides that any incidental catch of trout, including lake trout, salmon, and lake whitefish taken in legal sized gill or pound nets must be returned immediately to the water. Provides that the methods of taking are subject to modification by administrative rule based upon lake-wide scientific assessment data or fishery management need. Repeals a Section concerning commercial fishing.
## 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=10000HB3272&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104986&DocNum=3272&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3272eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104986&DocNum=3272&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3272enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104986&DocNum=3272&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **541** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Sheri Jesiel — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sheri Jesiel `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`
- **2017-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2017-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
- **2017-03-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2017-05-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **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
- **2017-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0168 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/067c7323-df2a-490e-9110-508e8b44f07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).