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Introduced
02/07/2025
02/07/2025
In Committee
04/23/2025
04/23/2025
Crossed Over
04/07/2025
04/07/2025
Passed
08/15/2025
08/15/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
08/15/2025
08/15/2025
Introduced Session
104th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Amends the Wildlife Code. In prohibitions against fraud in connection with any license, permit, or tag, deletes provisions that the Department of Natural Resources shall suspend the privileges of any person found guilty of violating these prohibitions for a period of not less than one year. In provisions regarding the Apprentice Hunter License Program, deletes provisions requiring the Apprentice Hunter License to be a nonrenewable license. In provisions regarding a certificate of competency, deletes provisions allowing a person born on or after January 1, 1980, to be exempt from requirements for a certificate of competency if the person has a hunting license issued in another State. In provisions regarding penalties, deletes provisions requiring the Department to suspend for a period of not less than one year the privileges of any person found guilty of violating specific provisions in the Act. Deletes provisions limiting some suspensions to 5 years. Requires the Department to suspend the privileges of a person for a violation of certain provisions in the Act for a period of one year. Makes technical and other changes. Amends the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act. In provisions regarding snowmobile inspections, provides that an officer may (rather than must) issue a summons. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes changes in provisions concerning jurisdiction and expungement.
AI Summary
This bill makes several modifications to existing laws related to wildlife, hunting, snowmobiles, and juvenile court records. Specifically, it removes certain provisions in the Wildlife Code that mandated automatic license suspension for various violations, replacing them with more discretionary language that allows the Department of Natural Resources to suspend privileges. For the Apprentice Hunter License Program, the bill eliminates the requirement that the license be non-renewable. In the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, the bill changes language from requiring officers to issue a summons to allowing officers to issue a summons at their discretion. In the Juvenile Court Act, the bill makes technical changes to provisions regarding jurisdiction and expungement, particularly modifying language around automatic expungement of records for conservation-related offenses. The bill also introduces a new provision requiring the Department to suspend a person's privileges for one year if they are found guilty of certain specific violations related to fraudulent licensing or wildlife-related offenses. These changes appear aimed at providing more flexibility to enforcement agencies and streamlining administrative processes across these different areas of law.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (5)
Last Action
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0325 (on 08/15/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3678&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104 |
| BillText | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB3678enr.htm |
| BillText | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB3678eng.htm |
| BillText | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB3678.htm |
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