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type: "Bill"
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title: "WILDLIFE CD-NUISANCE ANIMALS"
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description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Repeals provisions authorizing, under certain conditions, drainage districts to control beaver populations. Provides that a drainage district, road district or similar body, landowner, tenant, or the designee of a drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant shall be exempt from the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance raccoons, opossums, muskrats, skunks, coyotes, or beavers if all applicable provisions for licenses are complied with and any trap types and sizes used are in compliance with the Act, including marking or identification. Provides that landowners, tenants, or their designees may remove cottontail rabbits or grey or fox squirrels from their property, but only by means of a live trap, if the cottontail rabbits and grey or fox squirrels are released alive and unharmed in suitable habitat that is not within any city or town and not within any park. Provides that the designee of a drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant must have a signed and dated written authorization from the drainage district, landowner, or tenant in possession at all times when conducting animal control activities. Provides that the exemption from obtaining a permit shall be valid only upon property owned, leased, or controlled by the drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "103rd"
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identifier: "SB 1745"
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citation: "Illinois SB 1745 (103rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jil Tracy", "Travis Weaver"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2023-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e75c03b8-63aa-49cb-b5b1-fc423f2fef2b"
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source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1745&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146546&SessionID=112"
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source_hash: "e0129204163b96d457a0a84b0b8d65e0f8681855737681fc2510e48af02fb9cb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 1745 (103rd) — WILDLIFE CD-NUISANCE ANIMALS
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Repeals provisions authorizing, under certain conditions, drainage districts to control beaver populations. Provides that a drainage district, road district or similar body, landowner, tenant, or the designee of a drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant shall be exempt from the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance raccoons, opossums, muskrats, skunks, coyotes, or beavers if all applicable provisions for licenses are complied with and any trap types and sizes used are in compliance with the Act, including marking or identification. Provides that landowners, tenants, or their designees may remove cottontail rabbits or grey or fox squirrels from their property, but only by means of a live trap, if the cottontail rabbits and grey or fox squirrels are released alive and unharmed in suitable habitat that is not within any city or town and not within any park. Provides that the designee of a drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant must have a signed and dated written authorization from the drainage district, landowner, or tenant in possession at all times when conducting animal control activities. Provides that the exemption from obtaining a permit shall be valid only upon property owned, leased, or controlled by the drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1745.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1745eng.pdf)
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3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1745sam001.pdf)
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4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1745sam002.pdf)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1745enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Agriculture, Amendment 2 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
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- Agriculture — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · lower
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- Agriculture, Amendment 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Agriculture & Conservation — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jil Tracy — primary (person)
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- Travis Weaver — primary (person)
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- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
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- Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wayne A Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy `filing`
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- **2023-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-09** Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
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- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Agriculture; 012-000-000
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- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
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- **2023-03-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture; 013-000-000
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- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
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- **2023-03-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Tracy `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 30, 2023
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- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture; 012-000-000
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- **2023-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Tracy `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
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- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
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- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 007-001-000
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- **2023-04-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
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- **2023-04-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2023-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-09** Passed Both Houses
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- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2023
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- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0225 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e75c03b8-63aa-49cb-b5b1-fc423f2fef2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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