republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/sb-2271.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "WLDLF CD-TURKEY HUNTING PERMIT"
description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. In a Section concerning permits for wild turkey hunting, provides that no charge permits shall be issued to bona fide equity shareholders of a corporation, bona fide equity members of a limited liability company, or bona fide equity partners of a general or limited partnership which owns at least 40 acres of land in a county in Illinois who wish to hunt on the corporation's, company's, or partnership's land only. Sets forth that one permit shall be issued without charge to one bona fide equity shareholder, one bona fide equity member, or one bona fide equity partner for each 40 acres of land owned by the corporation, company, or partnership in a county; however, the number of permits issued without charge to bona fide equity shareholders of any corporation or bona fide equity members of a limited liability company in any county shall not exceed 15, and shall not exceed 3 in the case of bona fide equity partners of a partnership. Provides that \"bona fide equity shareholder\", \"bona fide equity member\", and \"bona fide equity partner\" shall have the same meaning as provided in a statute regarding deer hunting permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2271"
citation: "Illinois SB 2271 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-12"
last_action: "2006-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5902d8cb-cc47-4354-af9f-7440e9ee4a5b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2271&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=22879&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "727187fff4056aebfa8b5f9c94e8c250adc95953cdd21ffa0aa995a1a98f5939"
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 2271 (94th) — WLDLF CD-TURKEY HUNTING PERMIT

Amends the Wildlife Code. In a Section concerning permits for wild turkey hunting, provides that no charge permits shall be issued to bona fide equity shareholders of a corporation, bona fide equity members of a limited liability company, or bona fide equity partners of a general or limited partnership which owns at least 40 acres of land in a county in Illinois who wish to hunt on the corporation's, company's, or partnership's land only. Sets forth that one permit shall be issued without charge to one bona fide equity shareholder, one bona fide equity member, or one bona fide equity partner for each 40 acres of land owned by the corporation, company, or partnership in a county; however, the number of permits issued without charge to bona fide equity shareholders of any corporation or bona fide equity members of a limited liability company in any county shall not exceed 15, and shall not exceed 3 in the case of bona fide equity partners of a partnership. Provides that "bona fide equity shareholder", "bona fide equity member", and "bona fide equity partner" shall have the same meaning as provided in a statute regarding deer hunting permits.

## 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=09400SB2271&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22879&DocNum=2271&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2271eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22879&DocNum=2271&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2271enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22879&DocNum=2271&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **106–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Kurt M. Granberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-12** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2006-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-19** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-01-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation
- **2006-02-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2006-02-01** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture & Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 2, 2006
- **2006-02-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 7, 2006
- **2006-02-08** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2006-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2006-03-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2006-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-05-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-05-10** Effective Date May 10, 2006
- **2006-05-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0753 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5902d8cb-cc47-4354-af9f-7440e9ee4a5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).