republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-4721.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HUNTING-ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY"
description: "Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that any person on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States who (i) is now and was at the time of entering the Armed Forces a resident of Illinois, (ii) entered the Armed Forces from this State, and (iii) is presently on leave from the Armed Forces may fish as permitted by the Code without procuring a license, but only during such period of time and only with sport fishing devices as are permitted by the Code. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that any person on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States who (i) is now and who was at the time of entering the Armed Forces a resident of Illinois, (ii) entered the Armed Forces from this State, and (iii) is presently on leave (rather than on \"ordinary leave\") from the Armed Forces may hunt certain protected species without procuring a hunting license, but the hunting shall be done only during such periods of time and with devices and by methods as are permitted by the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4721"
citation: "Illinois HB 4721 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-12-16"
last_action: "2010-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/374aa041-c7dd-47e4-9a2b-69407b672f1b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4721&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49017&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "f1e6da05b7f9983abe6a5f732952c89c7b192b81384f6909fc59d9639d6333e4"
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 4721 (96th) — HUNTING-ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that any person on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States who (i) is now and was at the time of entering the Armed Forces a resident of Illinois, (ii) entered the Armed Forces from this State, and (iii) is presently on leave from the Armed Forces may fish as permitted by the Code without procuring a license, but only during such period of time and only with sport fishing devices as are permitted by the Code. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that any person on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States who (i) is now and who was at the time of entering the Armed Forces a resident of Illinois, (ii) entered the Armed Forces from this State, and (iii) is presently on leave (rather than on "ordinary leave") from the Armed Forces may hunt certain protected species without procuring a hunting license, but the hunting shall be done only during such periods of time and with devices and by methods as are permitted by the Act.

## 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=09600HB4721&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49017&DocNum=4721&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4721eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49017&DocNum=4721&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4721enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49017&DocNum=4721&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack D. Franks — primary (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-12-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `filing`
- **2010-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
- **2010-01-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2010-01-27** Referred to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Agriculture & Conservation Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-02-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2010-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2010-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2010-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2010-02-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-02-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2010-02-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 18, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2010-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2010-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1226 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/374aa041-c7dd-47e4-9a2b-69407b672f1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).