republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-2156.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HUNTING HERITAGE PROTECTION"
description: "Creates the Illinois Hunting Heritage Protection Act. Provides that, subject to limitations, certain State public lands shall be open to access and use for recreational hunting. Provides that State public land management decisions and actions should, to the greatest practical extent, result in no net loss of land area available for hunting opportunities on State public lands. Provides that by October 1 of each year, the Director of Natural Resources shall submit a report pertaining to areas that have been closed to recreational hunting, the reasons for the closures, and areas that were opened to recreational hunting to compensate for those areas that were closed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2156"
citation: "Illinois SB 2156 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-01-14"
last_action: "2004-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e9d634a-3b3d-4852-bcfa-5708eb915897"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2156&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=7944&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "82e36cdeb981801cac1093379565379caf74cc739aa9674bc18ece7fdd7958b5"
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 SB 2156 (93rd) — HUNTING HERITAGE PROTECTION

Creates the Illinois Hunting Heritage Protection Act. Provides that, subject to limitations, certain State public lands shall be open to access and use for recreational hunting. Provides that State public land management decisions and actions should, to the greatest practical extent, result in no net loss of land area available for hunting opportunities on State public lands. Provides that by October 1 of each year, the Director of Natural Resources shall submit a report pertaining to areas that have been closed to recreational hunting, the reasons for the closures, and areas that were opened to recreational hunting to compensate for those areas that were closed.

## 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=09300SB2156&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=7944&DocNum=2156&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2156eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=7944&DocNum=2156&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2156enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=7944&DocNum=2156&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay C. Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- John O. Jones — primary (person)
- Kurt M. Granberg — cosponsor (person)
- Michael K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Verschoore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-01-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John O. Jones `filing`
- **2004-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-01-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-29** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-10** Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2004
- **2004-02-18** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2004-02-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 24, 2004
- **2004-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 045-004-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2004-03-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2004-03-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-29** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. William J. Grunloh
- **2004-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2004-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2004-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen Gordon
- **2004-04-02** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture and Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2004-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-004-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-29** Effective Date January 1, 2005
- **2004-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0837 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e9d634a-3b3d-4852-bcfa-5708eb915897`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).