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type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURE AREA-ACREAGE"
description: "Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. Provides that any agricultural area shall not be less than 350 acres in all counties with a population of less than 600,000 and not less than 100 acres in all counties with a population of 600,000 or more. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1285"
citation: "Illinois HB 1285 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29810fa9-596d-4516-8bbb-0a97f9a299bf"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1285&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1982&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "3ffccf3e0c210aac7d5c17ebf576cb69700710268542535cb462103369124a5c"
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 1285 (93rd) — AGRICULTURE AREA-ACREAGE
Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. Provides that any agricultural area shall not be less than 350 acres in all counties with a population of less than 600,000 and not less than 100 acres in all counties with a population of 600,000 or more. 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=09300HB1285&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=1982&DocNum=1285&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1285eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=1982&DocNum=1285&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1285enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=1982&DocNum=1285&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **487** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1134** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Karen May — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2003-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Karen May `filing`
- **2003-02-05** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2003-02-05** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2003-02-05** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Churchill
- **2003-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** Re-assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-004-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-13** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2003-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 005-002-002 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 048-007-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2003
- **2003-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0234 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29810fa9-596d-4516-8bbb-0a97f9a299bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).