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type: "Bill"
title: "ANIMALS-ACCELERANT DETECTION"
description: "Amends the Animal Control Act. Exempts accelerant detection dogs from regulation as vicious dogs if certain requirements are met. Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Makes it unlawful for any person to do any of the following to a canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty: (i) to interfere or meddle with the canine, (ii) to willfully and maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, or administer or subject any desensitizing drugs, chemicals, or substance to the canine, and (iii) to willfully or maliciously torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill the canine. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4669"
citation: "Illinois HB 4669 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-10-28"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/832bb976-33b0-44ba-a78b-bd0d3a188080"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4669&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=48817&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "1a29e09f5cf873a4e7a5e6cc115e9cbc01f0e2c0e7c989c7f4645d50f7c24c4c"
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 4669 (96th) — ANIMALS-ACCELERANT DETECTION
Amends the Animal Control Act. Exempts accelerant detection dogs from regulation as vicious dogs if certain requirements are met. Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Makes it unlawful for any person to do any of the following to a canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty: (i) to interfere or meddle with the canine, (ii) to willfully and maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, or administer or subject any desensitizing drugs, chemicals, or substance to the canine, and (iii) to willfully or maliciously torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill the canine. 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=09600HB4669&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=48817&DocNum=4669&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4669eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=48817&DocNum=4669&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4669enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=48817&DocNum=4669&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1151** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Thomas Holbrook — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-10-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook `filing`
- **2009-10-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-10-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2010-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2010-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2010-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- **2010-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2010-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2010-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2010-03-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 9, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2010-03-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2010
- **2010-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1171 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/832bb976-33b0-44ba-a78b-bd0d3a188080`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).