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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2339 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 520 ILCS 5/2.25 from Ch. 61, par. 2.25 Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that, if the Department of Natural Resources is using its sharpshooting program to manage chronic wasting disease in a deer herd that is found in a specified area or county in the State and if no cases of that disease have been identified in that herd in the preceding 3 calendar years, then the Department shall end the use of that program to manage that disease in that area or county. Provides, however, that the program may be reinstituted within the area or county if chronic wasting disease is again identified in that herd. LRB104 09675 BDA 19741 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2339 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 520 ILCS 5/2.25 from Ch. 61, par. 2.25 520 ILCS 5/2.25 from Ch. 61, par. 2.25 Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that, if the Department of Natural Resources is using its sharpshooting program to manage chronic wasting disease in a deer herd that is found in a specified area or county in the State and if no cases of that disease have been identified in that herd in the preceding 3 calendar years, then the Department shall end the use of that program to manage that disease in that area or county. Provides, however, that the program may be reinstituted within the area or county if chronic wasting disease is again identified in that herd. LRB104 09675 BDA 19741 b LRB104 09675 BDA 19741 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2339 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that, if the Department of Natural Resources is using its sharpshooting program to manage chronic wasting disease in a deer herd that is found in a specified area or county in the State and if no cases of that disease have been identified in that herd in the preceding 3 calendar years, then the Department shall end the use of that program to manage that disease in that area or county. Provides, however, that the program may be reinstituted within the area or county if chronic wasting disease is again identified in that herd.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning wildlife.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
7	15		5 Section 2.25 as follows:
8	16		6 (520 ILCS 5/2.25) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.25)
9	17		7 Sec. 2.25. It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer
10	18		8 except (i) with a shotgun, handgun, single shot centerfire
11	19		9 rifle, or muzzleloading rifle or (ii) as provided by
12	20		10 administrative rule, with a bow and arrow, during the open
13	21		11 season of not more than 14 days which will be set annually by
14	22		12 the Director between the dates of November 1st and December
15	23		13 31st, both inclusive, or a special 3-day, youth-only season
16	24		14 between the dates of September 1 and October 31. For the
17	25		15 purposes of this Section, legal handguns and rifles are
18	26		16 limited to centerfire handguns that are either a single shot
19	27		17 or revolver and centerfire rifles that are single shot. The
20	28		18 only legal ammunition for a centerfire handgun or rifle is a
21	29		19 bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with
22	30		20 a case length not exceeding one and two-fifths inches, or a
23	31		21 straight-walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger,
24	32		22 both of which must be available as a factory load with the
25	33		23 published ballistic tables of the manufacturer showing a
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	37	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2339 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	40	+	Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that, if the Department of Natural Resources is using its sharpshooting program to manage chronic wasting disease in a deer herd that is found in a specified area or county in the State and if no cases of that disease have been identified in that herd in the preceding 3 calendar years, then the Department shall end the use of that program to manage that disease in that area or county. Provides, however, that the program may be reinstituted within the area or county if chronic wasting disease is again identified in that herd.
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34	68		1 capability of at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle.
35	69		2 The barrel of a handgun shall be at least 4 inches. Full metal
36	70		3 jacket bullets may not be used to harvest deer.
37	71		4 The Department shall make administrative rules concerning
38	72		5 management restrictions applicable to the firearm and bow and
39	73		6 arrow season.
40	74		7 It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except
41	75		8 with a bow and arrow during the open season for bow and arrow
42	76		9 set annually by the Director between the dates of September
43	77		10 1st and January 31st, both inclusive.
44	78		11 It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except
45	79		12 with (i) a muzzleloading rifle or (ii) bow and arrow during the
46	80		13 open season for muzzleloading rifles set annually by the
47	81		14 Director.
48	82		15 The Director shall cause an administrative rule setting
49	83		16 forth the prescribed rules and regulations, including bag and
50	84		17 possession limits and those counties of the State where open
51	85		18 seasons are established, to be published in accordance with
52	86		19 Sections 1.3 and 1.13 of this Act.
53	87		20 The Department may establish separate harvest periods for
54	88		21 the purpose of managing or eradicating disease that has been
55	89		22 found in the deer herd. This season shall be restricted to gun
56	90		23 or bow and arrow hunting only. The Department shall publicly
57	91		24 announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
58	92		25 shooting hours, the counties and sites open to hunting.
59	93		26 The Department is authorized to establish a separate
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70	104		1 harvest period at specific sites within the State for the
71	105		2 purpose of harvesting surplus deer that cannot be taken during
72	106		3 the regular season provided for the taking of deer. This
73	107		4 season shall be restricted to gun or bow and arrow hunting only
74	108		5 and shall be established during the period of September 1st to
75	109		6 February 15th, both inclusive. The Department shall publicly
76	110		7 announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
77	111		8 shooting hours, and the counties and sites open to hunting.
78	112		9 The Department shall publish suitable prescribed rules and
79	113		10 regulations established by administrative rule pertaining to
80	114		11 management restrictions applicable to this special harvest
81	115		12 program. The Department shall allow unused gun deer permits
82	116		13 that are left over from a regular season for the taking of deer
83	117		14 to be rolled over and used during any separate harvest period
84	118		15 held within 6 months of the season for which those tags were
85	119		16 issued at no additional cost to the permit holder subject to
86	120		17 the management restrictions applicable to the special harvest
87	121		18 program.
88	122		19 If the Department is using its sharpshooting program to
89	123		20 manage chronic wasting disease in a deer herd that is found in
90		-	21 a county in the State and if no cases of that disease ~~have been~~
91		-	22 identified in that herd in the preceding 3 calendar ~~years,~~
92		-	23 then the Department shall end the use of that program to ~~manage~~
93		-	24 chronic wasting disease in that county. ~~However, the program~~
94		-	25 may be reinstituted within the ~~county if chronic wasting~~
95		-	26 disease is again identified in that ~~herd.~~
	124	+	21 an area or county in the State and if no cases of that disease
	125	+	22 have been identified in that herd in the preceding 3 calendar
	126	+	23 years, then the Department shall end the use of that program to
	127	+	24 manage chronic wasting disease in that area or county.
	128	+	25 However, the program may be reinstituted within the area or
	129	+	26 county if chronic wasting disease is again identified in that
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106		-	1 Beginning July 1, 2019, and on an annual basis thereafter,
107		-	2 the Department shall provide a report to the General Assembly
108		-	3 providing information regarding deer management programs
109		-	4 established by the Code or by administrative rule that
110		-	5 includes: (1) the number of surplus deer taken during each
111		-	6 separate harvest season; (2) the number of deer found to have a
112		-	7 communicable disease or other abnormality; and (3) what
113		-	8 happens to the deer taken during each separate harvest season.
114		-	9 (Source: P.A. 101-66, eff. 7-12-19; 102-314, eff. 1-1-22;
115		-	10 102-932, eff. 1-1-23.)
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