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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2726 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources has the power to exercise all rights, powers, and duties conferred by law and to take measures that are necessary for the implementation of rewilding as a conservation strategy in this State, including, but not limited to, the restoration of land to its natural state, the reintroduction of native species, particularly apex predators and keystone species, and the restoration of ecological processes as defined by State-specific baselines. |
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| | HB2726 | | LRB104 06178 BDA 16212 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning conservation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources |
| 5 | | (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of |
| 6 | | Illinois is amended by adding Section 805-135 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 805/805-135 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 805-135. Rewilding. The Department of Natural |
| 9 | | Resources has the power to exercise all rights, powers, and |
| 10 | | duties conferred by law and to take measures that are |
| 11 | | necessary for the implementation of rewilding as a |
| 12 | | conservation strategy in this State, including, but not |
| 13 | | limited to, the restoration of land to its natural state, the |
| 14 | | reintroduction of native species, particularly apex predators |
| 15 | | and keystone species, and the restoration of ecological |
| 16 | | processes as defined by State-specific baselines. |