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type: "Bill"
title: "ANIMAL WELFARE ACT-ADMIN FINES"
description: "Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Increases certain penalties that the Department of Agriculture shall impose upon a person or entity who violates any provision of the Act or rule adopted under the Act. Provides that an administrative fine of $500 (rather than $200) shall be imposed for the first violation; a fine of $1,000 (rather than $500) shall be imposed for a second violation that occurs within 3 years after the first violation; and that mandatory probationary status and a fine of $2,500 (rather than mandatory probationary status and a fine of $1,000) shall be imposed for a third violation that occurs within 3 years after the first violation. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4410"
citation: "Illinois HB 4410 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-01-29"
last_action: "2014-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47dd627b-fbb3-478e-a21c-860d7030ce18"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4410&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78701&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "e34756ab50510e1bd0dd330d0353545ded648ab191713be5e26caffe733077d4"
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 4410 (98th) — ANIMAL WELFARE ACT-ADMIN FINES
Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Increases certain penalties that the Department of Agriculture shall impose upon a person or entity who violates any provision of the Act or rule adopted under the Act. Provides that an administrative fine of $500 (rather than $200) shall be imposed for the first violation; a fine of $1,000 (rather than $500) shall be imposed for a second violation that occurs within 3 years after the first violation; and that mandatory probationary status and a fine of $2,500 (rather than mandatory probationary status and a fine of $1,000) shall be imposed for a third violation that occurs within 3 years after the first violation. 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=09800HB4410&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78701&DocNum=4410&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4410eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78701&DocNum=4410&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4410enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78701&DocNum=4410&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **552** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1046** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Harris — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-01-29** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David Harris `filing`
- **2014-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-01-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2014-03-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-28** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 1, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2014-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
- **2014-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2014
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2014
- **2014-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0855 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47dd627b-fbb3-478e-a21c-860d7030ce18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).