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type: "Bill"
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title: "DNR-CONSERVATION POLICE"
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description: "Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires conservation police officers to demonstrate their ability to swim at a competency level that has been established by the American Red Cross and approved by the Department in an administrative rule (rather than at a competency level established by the American Red Cross for skills equivalent to an intermediate level swimmer). Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "96th"
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identifier: "HB 5538"
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citation: "Illinois HB 5538 (96th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2010-02-08"
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last_action: "2010-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b2d7122-579f-4922-aa0c-887688f0cf10"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5538&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50666&SessionID=76&GA=96"
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source_hash: "d5ba40e6d2f2a154093441b78637f84eee5b054b346280e519c7c2953aa800d3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 5538 (96th) — DNR-CONSERVATION POLICE
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Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires conservation police officers to demonstrate their ability to swim at a competency level that has been established by the American Red Cross and approved by the Department in an administrative rule (rather than at a competency level established by the American Red Cross for skills equivalent to an intermediate level swimmer). Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5538&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50666&DocNum=5538&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5538eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50666&DocNum=5538&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5538enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50666&DocNum=5538&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Susana A. Mendoza — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2010-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Susana A. Mendoza `filing`
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- **2010-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2010-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2010-02-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Agriculture & Conservation Committee `amendment-introduction`
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- **2010-02-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2010-02-23** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2010-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2010-03-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2010-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2010-03-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2010-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2010-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
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- **2010-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2010-03-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2010-04-06** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2010-04-15** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2010-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
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- **2010-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
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- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
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- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2010-07-02** Effective Date July 2, 2010
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- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0972 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b2d7122-579f-4922-aa0c-887688f0cf10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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