Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB2783

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Wildlife Code. Permits hunting with a rifle for the taking of deer. Provides that rifle hunting permits issued by the Department of Natural Resources shall be approved by county ordinance. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of the Code, it is unlawful to take a deer with a rifle in a county of the State with a population of 500,000 or more. Defines "rifle" as any firearm designed, made, or adapted to be fired from the shoulder that uses the energy of an explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire a projectile through a rifled bore by a single function of the trigger.

House Floor Amendment No. 2

	Deletes reference to:
	520 ILCS 5/2.32a new

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that legal handguns and rifles include any bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with a case length not exceeding 1.4 inches or any straight walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger both of which must be available as a load with the published ballistic tables of the manufacturer showing a capability of at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle. Deletes language that provides that notwithstanding any provision of the Code, it is unlawful to take a deer with a rifle in a county of the State with a population of 500,000 or more.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/14/2019	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
2/14/2019	House	First Reading
2/14/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/20/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey
2/26/2019	House	Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
3/14/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
3/26/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
3/26/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/26/2019	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000
3/26/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
3/27/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
3/27/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/29/2019	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/2/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
4/3/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 011-000-000
4/4/2019	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/4/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
4/4/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/4/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
4/4/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
4/4/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Blaine Wilhour
4/9/2019	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-010-001
4/9/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
4/9/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
4/10/2019	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/10/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/10/2019	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
4/10/2019	Senate	First Reading
4/10/2019	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/11/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
4/24/2019	Senate	Assigned to Agriculture
5/10/2019	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
1/13/2021	House	Session Sine Die

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