republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-1269.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LEAD SINKER & LEAD JIG BAN"
description: "Creates the Lead Sinker Act. Prohibits any person from selling, supplying, distributing or offering to sell, supply, or distribute lead sinkers and lead jigs. Prohibits the use of lead sinkers and lead jigs to take fish in freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, brooks, and similar bodies of water over which the Department of Natural Resources (\"the Department\") has jurisdiction under the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department, after consulting with the Illinois State Board of Education, to institute an educational program that meets certain requirements. Requires the Department to (i) notify the public about the Act's prohibitions; (ii) enforce the Act; (iii) confiscate, under certain circumstances, lead jigs or lead sinkers that it finds in the course of enforcing the Act; and (iv) suspend, for not more than 6 months, the hunting and fishing privileges of a person who uses a lead sinker or lead jig to take fish in violation of the Act. Provides fines for violations. Effective one year after becoming law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1269"
citation: "Illinois SB 1269 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-10"
last_action: "2009-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/457c900d-b12b-4028-a8b0-74519bf8b9c2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1269&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42210&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "44d301d154d43d4a88ff4be8399e3706ebebed6e3358b3078499e98287bc69eb"
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 1269 (96th) — LEAD SINKER & LEAD JIG BAN

Creates the Lead Sinker Act. Prohibits any person from selling, supplying, distributing or offering to sell, supply, or distribute lead sinkers and lead jigs. Prohibits the use of lead sinkers and lead jigs to take fish in freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, brooks, and similar bodies of water over which the Department of Natural Resources ("the Department") has jurisdiction under the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department, after consulting with the Illinois State Board of Education, to institute an educational program that meets certain requirements. Requires the Department to (i) notify the public about the Act's prohibitions; (ii) enforce the Act; (iii) confiscate, under certain circumstances, lead jigs or lead sinkers that it finds in the course of enforcing the Act; and (iv) suspend, for not more than 6 months, the hunting and fishing privileges of a person who uses a lead sinker or lead jig to take fish in violation of the Act. Provides fines for violations. Effective one year after becoming law.

## 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=09600SB1269&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42210&DocNum=1269&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1269eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42210&DocNum=1269&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1269enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42210&DocNum=1269&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **102–14** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather Steans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans `filing`
- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass Environment; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- **2009-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
- **2009-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Environment; 007-000-000
- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Steans `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- **2009-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 041-013-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2009-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0061 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/457c900d-b12b-4028-a8b0-74519bf8b9c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).