Introduced:
02/15/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Trevor Drown
Issue Brief:
Public Access to Private Lands
Summary:
Concerns private real property rights; protects natural resources, agricultural resources, and historical artifacts; deters criminal activity on a person's real property; concerns the offense of criminal trespass.
Status:
To Governor on March 31
Introduced:
03/06/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Kim Hammer
Issue Brief:
Feral Hogs
Summary:
Creates the feral hog eradication task force.
Status:
To Governor on March 31
Introduced:
03/02/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Terry Rice
Issue Brief:
Feral Hogs
Summary:
Protects private property owners and lessees who capture a feral hog on private property.
Status: Signed by Governor Asa Hutchinson, Member, Governors Sportsmen's Caucus on March 27
Introduced:
01/11/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Theresa Mah
Issue Brief:
Ammunition Restrictions (non-lead), Bullet Serialization
Summary:
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012; provides that beginning January 1, 2019, all handgun ammunition that is manufactured, imported into the State for sale or personal use, kept for sale, offered or exposed for sale, sold, given, lent, or possessed shall be serialized; provides that beginning January 1, 2019, any person who manufactures, causes to be manufactured, imports into the State for sale or personal use, keeps for sale, offers or exposes for sale, or who gives or lends any handgun ammunition.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
01/12/2017
Sponsor: Representative David Reis, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Handgun Carry while Archery Hunting, Guns (General)
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that a person with a valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, or an off-duty law enforcement official or officer, may carry a handgun on or about his or her person while hunting.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
01/12/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Avery Bourne
Issue Brief:
Crossbows
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that all crossbows used to hunt in this State must have a minimum peak draw weight of 125 pounds and a maximum draw weight of at least 300 pounds.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
01/24/2017
Sponsor:
Representative John Cabello
Issue Brief:
Seniors, Veterans, and Active Duty Military Hunting and Angling Privileges
Summary:
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code; provides that the fee for all sport fishing licenses shall be waived for resident veterans of the United States Armed Forces that have been honorably discharged; amends the Wildlife Code; provides that the fee for a hunting license to hunt all species shall be waived for resident veterans of the United States Armed Forces that have been honorably discharged.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
01/25/2017
Sponsor: Representative Jerry Costello, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Firearms Preemption
Summary:
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; provides that a unit of local government, including a home rule unit, may not impose a tax, fee, or other assessment other than the normal sales tax rate for goods on a firearm, firearm attachment, or firearm ammunition.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
01/25/2017
Sponsor: Representative Jerry Costello, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Firearms Preemption
Summary:
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; deletes existing preemption provisions concerning firearms; provides that regulation of the ownership and possession of firearms and related items are the exclusive Powers and functions of the State; provides that a local government, including a home rule unit, may not require registration, reporting of the sale or transfer of a firearm, or maintenance of a firearm registry; provides that any existing or future local ordinances or resolutions imposing any.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
02/01/2017
Sponsor: Representative Jerry Costello, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Crossbows
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that any person may use a crossbow to take any animal during the appropriate archery season.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
02/01/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Allen Skillicorn
Issue Brief:
Firearm Suppressors
Summary:
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012; provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when he knowingly uses, attaches, or possesses with the intent to use or attach any device or attachment of any kind for silencing the report of any handgun, unless the use, attachment, or possession with the intent to use the device or attachment is on the premises of a firing or shooting range; or possess any device or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the report.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
02/07/2017
Sponsor: Representative Brandon Phelps, President, National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses Executive Council, Co-Chair, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Firearm Suppressors
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; removes the prohibition on the use of a silencer or other device to muffle or mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting from the firing of any gun; amends the Criminal Code of 2012; provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when he knowingly uses, attaches, or possesses with the intent to use or attach any device or attachment of any kind for silencing the report of any handgun, unless the use, attachment, or possession with the intent.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor: Representative Jerry Costello, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Guns (General), General
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides in various provisions an exemption to carry a firearm on Department of Natural Resources property in accordance with the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor: Representative Jerry Costello, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Crossbows
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that any person may use a crossbow to take wildlife during the appropriate archery season; repeals crossbow provisions limiting the use of crossbows to specified conditions, together with a related definition.
Status:
Passed House. To Senate on April 5
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor: Representative Jerry Costello, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Hunter Education, Guns (General)
Summary:
Repeals the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; amends various Acts to make conforming changes.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Daniel Swanson
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall, on an annual basis, establish one deer hunting weekend for persons with disabilities in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Code; provides that the Department may adopt administrative rules to implement the provision; defines person with a disability.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor: Representative Norine Hammond, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that unless otherwise permitted by law, no person may have in their possession a weapon except those specified by the Code or administrative rules for the purpose of taking any species protected by the Code; provides that any use of a weapon to take wildlife contrary to the provisions of the Code is deemed a violation.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor: Representative Dan Beiser, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Licenses (General), Seniors, Veterans, and Active Duty Military Hunting and Angling Privileges
Summary:
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code; provides that residents of this State may obtain a 5-year fishing license; provides that the fee for a 5-year fishing license is a specified amount; provides that for residents age 65 or older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a 5-year fishing license.
Status:
Rule 19(a) / House Committee Amendment No. 1 Re-referred to Rules Committee on March 31
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Thomas Bennett
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Creates the Natural Areas Stewardship Act; creates the Land Conservation and Stewardship Grant Program to make grants to conservation land trusts to steward lands identified in the Natural Area Inventory, lands designated as a buffer area, lands designated as a nature preserve, or lands registered as a Land and Water Reserve; establishes the duties of the Department of Natural Resources in carrying out the provisions of the Act.
Status:
Rules 19(a) / House Committee Amendment No. 1 and No. 2 Re-referred to Rules Committee on March 31
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Brad Halbrook
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that a person may place or scatter deer bait otherwise prohibited when not in active deer hunting season; provides that person who unlawfully baits deer is guilty of a Petty offense subject to a mandatory fine of not less than a specified amount and shall lose hunting privileges in this State for a period of not less than a year.
Status:
Rule 19(a) / House Committee Amendment No. 1 Re-referred to Rules Committee on March 31
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor: Representative Brandon Phelps, President, National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses Executive Council, Co-Chair, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Guns (General), Firearms Storage
Summary:
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012; provides that a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card may transport in a vehicle an accessible rifle, shotgun, or other long gun without the weapon being broken down in a non-functioning state or without the weapon being enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container if the firearm is unloaded.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Deborah Conroy
Issue Brief:
Modern Sporting Rifle
Summary:
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012; makes it unlawful to deliver, sell, or purchase or cause to be delivered, sold, or purchased or cause to be possessed by another, an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge; makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess an assault weapon, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge 300 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, except possession of weapons registered with the State Police.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Katie Stuart
Issue Brief:
Licenses (General)
Summary:
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code and the Wildlife Code; provides that the respective fees for resident fishing, combination sportsmen, and hunting licenses are waived for current and retired State, municipal, and local law enforcement officers.
Status:
In House. Home Mandates Fiscal Note, Home Rule Note filed on April 6
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor: Representative Dan Beiser, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Outdoor Sporting Goods Tax Holiday
Summary:
Amends the Use Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; provides a hunting sales tax holiday on specified dates for firearms and firearm ammunition that may be used for lawful hunting under the Wildlife Code; provides for administration of the hunting sales tax holiday by the Department of Revenue; provides the Department of Revenue with rulemaking authority, including emergency rulemaking authority; amends the Administrative Procedure Act to allow emergency rulemaking.
Status:
Rereferred to House Committee on Rules on March 31
Introduced:
03/30/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Laura Fine
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Urges President Trump and the United States Congress to fully fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Status:
To House Committee on Rules on April 4
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Jill Tracy
Issue Brief:
Licenses (General)
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; defines hunting license as an electronic or physical license authorizing the person to take a certain type of animal during a specified period of time.
Status:
In Senate. Placed on Calendar Order Third Reading on March 30
Introduced:
01/03/2017
Sponsor: Senator Jim Tomes, Co-Chair, Indiana Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Guns (General)
Summary:
Relates to possession of firearms in locked vehicles; removes penal facilities from the list of locations where employer ordinances, resolutions, policies, or rules prohibiting the keeping of firearms on employer property may be enforced.
Status:
Eligible for Governor's desk on April 4
Introduced:
02/28/2017
Sponsor:
House Natural Resources Committee
Issue Brief:
White-tailed Deer Management - Hunting as a Preferred Management Tool
Summary:
Relates to the use of a straight wall cartridge rifle to hunt deer; includes penalties.
Status:
Eligible for Governor's desk on April 4
Introduced:
02/15/2017
Sponsor:
Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Issue Brief:
Fishing Tournaments
Summary:
Relates bass fishing in the state.
Status:
Eligible for Governor's desk on April 4
Introduced:
02/21/2017
Sponsor:
Senate Transportation Committee
Issue Brief:
Guns (General), Off Highway Vehicles (OHV)
Summary:
Relates to operating or riding a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle while carrying a firearm.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Transportation on March 31
Introduced:
03/31/17
Sponsor: Senator Bret Allain, Member, Louisiana Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Angling Access
Summary:
Limits the permissible uses of monies in the Saltwater Fish Research and Conservation Fund.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Finance on March 31
Introduced:
03/29/2017
Sponsor: Senator Darwin Booher, Member, Michigan Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Clarifies criteria for eligible expenditures in the Michigan natural resources trust fund.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Appropriations
Introduced:
02/01/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Bob Gunther
Issue Brief:
Budget Bill
Summary:
Relates to state government; appropriates money from outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, and arts and cultural heritage fund; provides for riparian protection aid; modifies requirements for expending money from legacy funds; modifies and extends prior appropriations; requires reports; relates to establishing a dedicated funding website.
Status:
Passed House. To Senate on April 4
Introduced:
02/06/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Dan Fabian
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to state government; appropriates money for environment and natural resources; modifies certain game and fish license and permit provision; modifies provisions to take, possess, and transport wildlife; provides for not net gain of state lands; modifies buffer requirements; prohibits further lead shot rulemaking by DNR; modifies invasive species provisions.
Status:
Passed Senate. To House for concurrence on April 3
Introduced:
02/02/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Carrie Ruud
Issue Brief:
Budget Bill
Summary:
Relates to legacy; appropriates money from outdoor heritage fund, appropriates money to maintain dedicated funding website.
Status:
Rereferred to Senate Committee on Finance on March 31
Introduced:
01/05/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Jay Houghton
Issue Brief:
Apprentice Hunting License
Summary:
Requires a hunter at least six years of age but less than fifteen years of age to hunt in the immediate presence of an adult hunter with a valid hunter education certificate card.
Status:
Public Hearing completed on April 5
Introduced:
01/18/2017
Sponsor:
Natural Resources Committee
Issue Brief:
InterstateWildlife Violators Compact
Summary:
Adopted the Interstate Wildlife Violators Compact.
Status:
Placed on Final Reading on April 5
Introduced:
1/03/2017
Sponsor:
Office of Legislative Management
Issue Brief:
General License
Summary:
Allows the Director of the Game and Fish Department to receive and consider applications for a limited number of special allocation hunting licenses in addition to a number of statutorily authorized special allocation licenses; provides for the taking of spring wild turkeys for first-time youth hunters; provides for deer licenses to the injured military wildlife project; provides for bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer, antelope and moose licenses to nonprofit organizations.
Status:
To Conference Committee on April 5
Introduced:
01/05/17
Sponsor: Representative Todd Porter, Co-Chair, North Dakota Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General License
Summary:
Relates to bonus or preference points awarded to participants in lotteries for hunting licenses; provides for withdrawal of an application.
Status:
Signed by Governor on April 4
Introduced:
01/09/17
Sponsor: Representative Todd Porter, Co-Chair, North Dakota Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Apprentice Hunting License
Summary:
Relates to youth hunting and the protection of Bald Eagles.
Status:
To Conference Committee on March 31
Introduced:
01/10/2017
Sponsor: Representative Ryan Guillen, Member, Texas Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to sound-producing devices on vessels.
Status:
Left pending in committee on March 28
Introduced:
03/3/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Chris Paddie
Issue Brief:
High Fence, Chronic Wasting Disease
Summary:
Relates to an authorization to trap, transport, and transplant certain white-tailed deer between certain sites.
Status:
To House Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism on March 29
Introduced:
03/07/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Drew Springer
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to requiring the Parks and Wildlife Department to issue permits for the management of the wild mule deer population; requires an occupational permit.
Status
: To House Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism on March 30
Introduced:
03/08/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Mark Keough
Issue Brief:
Feral Hogs
Summary:
Relates to the taking of certain feral hogs using a hot air balloon
Status:
To House Committee on Culture, Recreation, And Tourism on March 31
Introduced:
03/08/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Lynn Stucky
Issue Brief:
Feral Hogs
Summary:
Relates to the study and approval of lethal pesticides for feral hog control.
Status:
From House Committee on Public Health: Reported favorably with substitute on March 30
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Craig Goldman
Issue Brief:
General License
Summary:
Relates to a fishing license fee waiver for certain residents.
Status
: To House Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism on April 3
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Kyle Biedermann
Issue Brief:
Chronic Wasting Disease
Summary:
Relates to the testing of breeder deer for chronic wasting disease
Status
: To House Committee on Culture, Recreation, And Tourism on March 31
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Kyle Biedermann
Issue Brief:
Chronic Wasting Disease
Summary:
Relates to breeder deer affected by chronic wasting disease.
Status
: To House Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism on March 31
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Kyle Biedermann
Issue Brief:
Management Authority over Captive Cervids
Summary:
Relates to the ownership of certain deer in this state
Status
: To House Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism on March 31
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Kyle Biedermann
Issue Brief:
Chronic Wasting Disease
Summary:
Relates to the payment for breeder deer taken for disease management.
Status
: To House Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism on March 31
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Dennis Bonnen
Issue Brief:
Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Management
Summary:
Encourages Congress to pass legislation allowing the state to manage the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery out to 200 nautical Miles.
Status
: To House Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism on March 31
Introduced:
01/23/17
Sponsor: Senator Craig Estes, Member, Texas Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to the disposition of proceeds from the sale of freshwater fishing stamps issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Status:
Passed Senate. To House on April 4
Introduced:
02/02/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Charles Perry
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to a fee for participation in the Managed Lands Deer Program of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Status:
From Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs: Reported favorably on March 29
Introduced:
02/06/17
Sponsor:
Assembly Member Adam Jarchow
Issue Brief:
Chronic Wasting Disease
Summary:
Relates to rules that prohibit feeding deer in certain counties.
Status:
To Assembly Committee on Rules on April 4
Introduced:
02/22/17
Sponsor: Representative Joel Kleefisch, Co-Chair, Wisconsin Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Seniors, Veterans, and Active Duty Military, Hunting and Angling Privileges
Summary:
Relates to an exemption for resident disabled veterans and for recipients of the purple heart medal from the cumulative preference system for issuing wild turkey hunting licenses and tags.
Status:
To Assembly Committee on Rules on April 4
Introduced:
03/01/17
Sponsor: Representative Joel Kleefisch, Co-Chair, Wisconsin Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to unattended decoys left in water.
Status:
Public hearing held on March 29
Introduced:
03/20/17
Sponsor
: Representative Mary Felzkowski
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to regulation of aquaculture and fish farms; relates to providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; grants rule-making authority.
Status:
Public hearing held on March 29
Introduced:
03/29/17
Sponsor: Senator Terry Moulton, Co-Chair, Wisconsin Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Seniors, Veterans, and Active Duty Military, Hunting and Angling Privileges
Summary:
Relates to requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a special wild turkey hunting program for certain disabled veterans; relates to providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; relates to requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining, and Forestry on March 29
