Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3858 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3858 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 520 ILCS 5/2.2c new520 ILCS 5/2.25 from Ch. 61, par. 2.25 Amends the Wildlife Code. Abolishes any Chronic Wasting Disease programs established within or conducted by the Department of Natural Resources. Makes conforming changes in the Code. LRB104 12296 BDA 22423 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3858 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 520 ILCS 5/2.2c new520 ILCS 5/2.25 from Ch. 61, par. 2.25 520 ILCS 5/2.2c new 520 ILCS 5/2.25 from Ch. 61, par. 2.25 Amends the Wildlife Code. Abolishes any Chronic Wasting Disease programs established within or conducted by the Department of Natural Resources. Makes conforming changes in the Code. LRB104 12296 BDA 22423 b LRB104 12296 BDA 22423 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3858 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	520 ILCS 5/2.2c new520 ILCS 5/2.25 from Ch. 61, par. 2.25 520 ILCS 5/2.2c new 520 ILCS 5/2.25 from Ch. 61, par. 2.25
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6	6	Amends the Wildlife Code. Abolishes any Chronic Wasting Disease programs established within or conducted by the Department of Natural Resources. Makes conforming changes in the Code.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning wildlife.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
16	16	5 Section 2.25 and by adding Section 2.2c as follows:
17	17	6 (520 ILCS 5/2.2c new)
18	18	7 Sec. 2.2c. Chronic wasting disease programs abolished.
19	19	8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any programs
20	20	9 established within or conducted by the Department that are
21	21	10 relating to chronic wasting disease are hereby abolished. On
22	22	11 or before the date one year after the effective date of this
23	23	12 amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Department
24	24	13 shall adopt administrative rules implementing this Section.
25	25	14 (520 ILCS 5/2.25) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.25)
26	26	15 Sec. 2.25. It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer
27	27	16 except (i) with a shotgun, handgun, single shot centerfire
28	28	17 rifle, or muzzleloading rifle or (ii) as provided by
29	29	18 administrative rule, with a bow and arrow, during the open
30	30	19 season of not more than 14 days which will be set annually by
31	31	20 the Director between the dates of November 1st and December
32	32	21 31st, both inclusive, or a special 3-day, youth-only season
33	33	22 between the dates of September 1 and October 31. For the
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3858 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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41	41	Amends the Wildlife Code. Abolishes any Chronic Wasting Disease programs established within or conducted by the Department of Natural Resources. Makes conforming changes in the Code.
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70	70	1 purposes of this Section, legal handguns and rifles are
71	71	2 limited to centerfire handguns that are either a single shot
72	72	3 or revolver and centerfire rifles that are single shot. The
73	73	4 only legal ammunition for a centerfire handgun or rifle is a
74	74	5 bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with
75	75	6 a case length not exceeding one and two-fifths inches, or a
76	76	7 straight-walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger,
77	77	8 both of which must be available as a factory load with the
78	78	9 published ballistic tables of the manufacturer showing a
79	79	10 capability of at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle.
80	80	11 The barrel of a handgun shall be at least 4 inches. Full metal
81	81	12 jacket bullets may not be used to harvest deer.
82	82	13 The Department shall make administrative rules concerning
83	83	14 management restrictions applicable to the firearm and bow and
84	84	15 arrow season.
85	85	16 It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except
86	86	17 with a bow and arrow during the open season for bow and arrow
87	87	18 set annually by the Director between the dates of September
88	88	19 1st and January 31st, both inclusive.
89	89	20 It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except
90	90	21 with (i) a muzzleloading rifle or (ii) bow and arrow during the
91	91	22 open season for muzzleloading rifles set annually by the
92	92	23 Director.
93	93	24 The Director shall cause an administrative rule setting
94	94	25 forth the prescribed rules and regulations, including bag and
95	95	26 possession limits and those counties of the State where open
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106	106	1 seasons are established, to be published in accordance with
107	107	2 Sections 1.3 and 1.13 of this Act.
108	108	3 The Department may establish separate harvest periods for
109	109	4 the purpose of managing or eradicating disease that has been
110	110	5 found in the deer herd, except as provided in Section 2.2c.
111	111	6 This season shall be restricted to gun or bow and arrow hunting
112	112	7 only. The Department shall publicly announce, via statewide
113	113	8 news release, the season dates and shooting hours, the
114	114	9 counties and sites open to hunting.
115	115	10 The Department is authorized to establish a separate
116	116	11 harvest period at specific sites within the State for the
117	117	12 purpose of harvesting surplus deer that cannot be taken during
118	118	13 the regular season provided for the taking of deer. This
119	119	14 season shall be restricted to gun or bow and arrow hunting only
120	120	15 and shall be established during the period of September 1st to
121	121	16 February 15th, both inclusive. The Department shall publicly
122	122	17 announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
123	123	18 shooting hours, and the counties and sites open to hunting.
124	124	19 The Department shall publish suitable prescribed rules and
125	125	20 regulations established by administrative rule pertaining to
126	126	21 management restrictions applicable to this special harvest
127	127	22 program. The Department shall allow unused gun deer permits
128	128	23 that are left over from a regular season for the taking of deer
129	129	24 to be rolled over and used during any separate harvest period
130	130	25 held within 6 months of the season for which those tags were
131	131	26 issued at no additional cost to the permit holder subject to
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142	142	1 the management restrictions applicable to the special harvest
143	143	2 program.
144	144	3 Beginning July 1, 2019, and on an annual basis thereafter,
145	145	4 except as provided in Section 2.2c, the Department shall
146	146	5 provide a report to the General Assembly providing information
147	147	6 regarding deer management programs established by the Code or
148	148	7 by administrative rule that includes: (1) the number of
149	149	8 surplus deer taken during each separate harvest season; (2)
150	150	9 the number of deer found to have a communicable disease or
151	151	10 other abnormality; and (3) what happens to the deer taken
152	152	11 during each separate harvest season.
153	153	12 (Source: P.A. 101-66, eff. 7-12-19; 102-314, eff. 1-1-22;
154	154	13 102-932, eff. 1-1-23.)
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