Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Passed House

HB 4262 — MUNICIPAL CONTROL-PIGEONS

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 95th Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Amends the Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act of 1993. Provides that a municipality with fewer than 140,000 inhabitants (instead of a municipality located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants) shall not enact an ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

14 added · 27 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to HB 4262 changes the rules regarding how municipalities can regulate the keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, and show pigeons. Previously, towns with fewer than 140,000 residents could not ban these activities, but now the restriction applies to counties with fewer than 3 million residents. This shift means that smaller municipalities in densely populated counties can create regulations or prohibitions regarding pigeons, which could impact local bird-keeping practices and community standards. It matters because it gives larger counties more authority to address public concerns about pigeons while preserving order in smaller communities.

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*LRB09515008CMK40961b* HB4262 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2008 HB4262 by Rep.
HB4262 Engrossed LRB095 15008 CMK 40961 b AN ACT concerning animals.
Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 45/7 from Ch.
8, par.
907 Amends the Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act of 1993.
Provides that a municipality with fewer than 140,000 inhabitants (instead of a municipality located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants) shall not enact an ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons.
Effective immediately.
LRB095 15008 CMK 40961 b A BILL FOR HB4262 LRB095 15008 CMK 40961 b AN ACT concerning animals.
A municipality located in a county with fewer than 140,000 3,000,000 inhabitants or a county shall not enact an ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons, except that any municipality with 140,000 located within a county having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants may enact an ordinance to prohibit or regulate the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons.
A municipality may regulate, but not prohibit, the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, and show pigeons.
Any municipality may located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants or a county shall not enact an ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons, except that any municipality located within a county having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants may enact an ordinance to prohibit or regulate the housing and keeping of any pigeons other than orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons.
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2008; Substantive House Bills Out of Committee

  3. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes

  4. Referred to Rules

  5. First Reading

  6. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren

  7. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2008

  8. Arrive in Senate

  9. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000

  10. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  11. Second Reading - Short Debate

  12. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  13. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000

  14. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote

  15. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee

  16. Assigned to Local Government Committee

  17. Referred to Rules Committee

  18. First Reading

  19. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 109 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 96009
Republican 4000
Democrat 9000
Total 109009
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Holbrook — Yea
Jefferies — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Reitz — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Munson — Yea
Schock — Yea
Scully — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Tryon — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Turner — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Brady — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Myers — Yea
Howard — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Osterman — Not Voting
Phelps — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Pihos — Not Voting
Bradley, Richard — Not Voting
Watson — Not Voting
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Not Voting
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Dunn — Not Voting
Fortner — Not Voting
Granberg — Not Voting
Hassert — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Soto — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Not Voting
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 4262 do?
Amends the Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act of 1993. Provides that a municipality with fewer than 140,000 inhabitants (instead of a municipality located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants) shall not enact an ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors HB 4262?
HB 4262 is sponsored by Chapa LaVia.
What is the current status of HB 4262?
This bill died with 95th Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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