HB 3760 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

IDNR-GRAY FOX SEASON

Summary

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to trap or to hunt gray fox except during an open season, which may (rather than will) be set annually by the Director of Natural Resources between 12:01 a.m., November 1 to 12:00 midnight, February 15, both inclusive. Allows the Director, by administrative rule, to set the dates of, lengthen, shorten, or close the season during which gray fox may be taken. Allows the Director to also set, lessen, or increase the daily bag limit or possession limit of gray fox by administrative rule. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Department of Natural Resources emergency rulemaking powers. Effective immediately.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Apr 8, 2025 Signed Jun 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 30, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was finalized into its enrolled version with minor formatting corrections to the text. The substantive policy regarding wildlife hunting seasons, bag limits, and the temporary suspension of bobcat hunting in specific counties remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a typo in the emergency rulemaking section by removing an extra word ('To provide' instead of 'To provide').

Adjusted the citation in the Wildlife Code to refer to a single section (5-45) instead of two sections (5-45 and 5-45.65) for emergency rules.

Added the word 'a' before 'gun' in the list of hunting equipment to improve grammatical consistency.

Reformatted the text regarding gray fox hunting regulations to match the style of the rest of the document.

Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2025 · House Apr 7, 2025

How they voted

47–8

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 58

May 22, 2025

D Democratic39

38 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican19

9 Yea 8 Nay 2

47% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 30, 2025

Signed into law

Governor Approved

lower

May 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Both Houses

lower

May 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000

lower

May 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000

lower

May 28, 2025

Committee

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Agriculture & Conservation Committee

lower

May 23, 2025

Committee

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee

lower

May 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.

lower

May 23, 2025

Introduced

Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1

lower

May 23, 2025

Introduced

Arrived in House

lower

May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third Reading - Passed; 048-008-000

upper

May 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Do Pass as Amended Agriculture; 008-004-000

upper

May 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture

upper

Apr 28, 2025

Committee

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

upper

Apr 28, 2025

Introduced

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Agriculture

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Referred to Assignments

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Introduced

Arrive in Senate

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules Committee

lower

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor