HB 2726104th
bill
104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill
HB 2726
DNR-REWILDING POLICY
Sent to Governor Last action August 1, 2025: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0062
Official bill page and text: ilga.gov
Sponsors 9
- Prime sponsors
- Anna Moeller, Rachel Ventura
- Cosponsors (7)
- Anne Stava, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Kelly M. Cassidy, Martha Deuter, Maurice A. West, II, Nicolle Grasse, Thaddeus Jones
Status
Sent to Governor as of August 1, 2025. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Agriculture and Conservation, Senate Environment and Conservation (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 4
May 21, 2025State SenateThird ReadingPassed39-16
yes (39) Simmons, Joyce, Faraci, Sims, Koehler, Feigenholtz, Aquino, Stadelman, Fine, Lightford, Glowiak Hilton, Belt, Turner, D., Martwick, Guzmán, Halpin, Castro, Ventura, Harris, N., Cervantes, Villa, Murphy, Villanueva, Peters, Hastings, Collins, Villivalam, Hills, Cunningham, Walker, Porfirio, Holmes, Preston, Hunter, Harmon, Johnson, Edly-Allen, Jones, E., Ellman
no (16) Anderson, Lewis, Syverson, Fowler, Balkema, Tracy, Bryant, Turner, S., McClure, Harriss, E., Chesney, Plummer, Wilcox, DeWitte, Rezin, Rose
not voting (2) Loughran Cappel, Curran
other (2) Arellano, L., Morrison
May 15, 2025State SenateDo PassPassed7-2
yes (7) Feigenholtz, Sara, Ellman, Laura, Johnson, Adriane, Fine, Laura, Morrison, Julie A, Walker, Mark L, Villa, Karina
no (2) DeWitte, Donald P, Chesney, Andrew S
not voting (1) Plummer, Jason
April 10, 2025House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed75-37
yes (75) Mussman, Guerrero-Cuellar, Ness, Guzzardi, Andrade, Avelar, Olickal, Benton, Ortíz, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Hanson, Briel, Harper, Buckner, Rita, Hernandez, Barbara, Ryan, Hernandez, Lisa, Canty, Hernandez, Norma, Cassidy, Hirschauer, Hoffman, Huynh, Costa Howard, Crawford, Jiménez, Slaughter, Johnson, Croke, Smith, Jones, Katz Muhl, Keicher, Davis, Lisa, Stava-Murray, Kelly, Davis, Will, Kifowit, Stuart, Delgado, LaPointe, DeLuca, Syed, Lilly, Deuter, Tarver, Mah, Didech, Manley, Du Buclet, Mason, Vella, Mayfield, Evans, Walsh, Faver Dias, Ford, West, Meyers-Martin, Gabel, Williams, Ann, Moeller, Gill, Williams, Jawaharial, Gong-Gershowitz, Morgan, González, Yang Rohr, Morris, Gordon-Booth, Welch, Moylan, Grasse
no (37) Niemerg, Haas, Halbrook, Hammond, Reick, Bunting, Rosenthal, Cabello, Schmidt, Coffey, Schweizer, Severin, Jacobs, Sheehan, Davidsmeyer, Sosnowski, Davis, Jed, Spain, Stephens, Deering, La Ha, Swanson, Tipsword, Ugaste, Elik, McCombie, Weaver, McLaughlin, Weber, Meier, Friess, Fritts, Wilhour, Miller, Moore, Windhorst, Grant
excused (6) Ammons, Hauter, Sanalitro, Scherer, Chung, Crespo
March 11, 2025House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed6-3
yes (6) Chung, Sharon, Briel, Amy, Grasse, Nicolle, Gill, Mary, Hernandez, Barbara, Harper, Sonya M
no (3) Rosenthal, Wayne A, Meier, Charles, Swanson, Dan
Timeline 33
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2025 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0062 |
| August 1, 2025 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2026 |
| August 1, 2025 | House | Governor Approved |
| June 17, 2025 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| May 21, 2025 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| May 21, 2025 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 039-016-002 |
| May 16, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones |
| May 15, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | Senate | Second Reading |
| May 15, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading |
| May 15, 2025 | Senate | Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 007-002-000 |
| May 9, 2025 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025 |
| May 6, 2025 | Senate | Assigned to Environment and Conservation |
| April 14, 2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| April 14, 2025 | Senate | First Reading |
| April 14, 2025 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura |
| April 14, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| April 14, 2025 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| April 10, 2025 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-037-000 |
| April 8, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter |
| April 7, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| April 4, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock |
| April 4, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| March 26, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| March 26, 2025 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| March 12, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse |
| March 12, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| March 11, 2025 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 006-003-000 |
| March 7, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava |
| March 4, 2025 | House | Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee |
| February 6, 2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| February 6, 2025 | House | First Reading |
| February 5, 2025 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: ilga.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.