republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-1724.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE-RIVER OTTER HUNTING"
description: "Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides for the hunting and trapping of river otters. Provides that the season limit for river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per season. Provides that possession limits shall be 10 per person per season limit except that this restriction shall not apply to fur buyers, tanners, manufacturers, and taxidermists. Requires that the pelts of river otters shall be tagged in accordance with federal regulations. Provides that the Department may require harvest registration and set forth procedures, fees for registration, and the process of tagging pelts in administrative rules. Sets fees for registration and tagging shall not exceed $5 per pelt. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1724"
citation: "Illinois HB 1724 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c260b7a1-a857-4c4e-bd0c-dc0ebdf78737"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1724&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58907&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "2bd502bb9890ea19ac9ed3a89a53201a14981f144a67e223b260f49f503305e6"
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 1724 (97th) — WILDLIFE-RIVER OTTER HUNTING

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides for the hunting and trapping of river otters. Provides that the season limit for river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per season. Provides that possession limits shall be 10 per person per season limit except that this restriction shall not apply to fur buyers, tanners, manufacturers, and taxidermists. Requires that the pelts of river otters shall be tagged in accordance with federal regulations. Provides that the Department may require harvest registration and set forth procedures, fees for registration, and the process of tagging pelts in administrative rules. Sets fees for registration and tagging shall not exceed $5 per pelt. 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=09700HB1724&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58907&DocNum=1724&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1724eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58907&DocNum=1724&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1724enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58907&DocNum=1724&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **92–14** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick J. Verschoore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore `filing`
- **2011-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 092-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2011-03-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2011-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2011
- **2011-05-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-28** Effective Date June 28, 2011
- **2011-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0031 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c260b7a1-a857-4c4e-bd0c-dc0ebdf78737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).