Bill Text: IL SB1427 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Herptiles-Herps Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any administrative rule to the contrary, common snapping turtles may be taken by live trap, subject to the following conditions: (1) live traps must be checked every 24 hours; (2) live traps must be equipped with flotation equipment, adequate to have at least 2 inches of the containment area above the surface of the water; and (3) every live trap must be marked with the owner's name and address or Department of Natural Resources customer number (rather than notwithstanding any administrative rule to the contrary, snapping turtles may be taken by trap).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-31 - Referred to Assignments [SB1427 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB1427-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1427 Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
510 ILCS 68/5-30
Amends the Herptiles-Herps Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any administrative rule to the contrary, common snapping turtles may be taken by live trap, subject to the following conditions: (1) live traps must be checked every 24 hours; (2) live traps must be equipped with flotation equipment, adequate to have at least 2 inches of the containment area above the surface of the water; and (3) every live trap must be marked with the owner's name and address or Department of Natural Resources customer number (rather than notwithstanding any administrative rule to the contrary, snapping turtles may be taken by trap).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning animals.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Herptiles-Herps Act is amended by changing
Section 5-30 as follows:
(510 ILCS 68/5-30)
Sec. 5-30. Taking of turtles or bullfrogs; illegal
devices.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, turtles
Turtles or bullfrogs may be taken only by methods set forth in
administrative rule.
(b) Bullfrog; common snapping turtle; open season.
(1) All persons taking bullfrogs shall possess a valid
sport fishing license issued under Article 20 of the Fish
and Aquatic Life Code and may take bullfrogs only during
the open season to be specified by administrative rule.
(2) The daily catch limit and total possession limit
for all properly licensed persons shall be specified by
administrative rule.
(3) All persons taking common snapping turtles shall
possess a valid sport fishing license issued under Article
20 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code and may take common
snapping turtles only during the open season to be

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specified by administrative rule. Common snapping turtles
(Chelydra serpentina) may be taken only by methods set
forth in administrative rule, except in the counties
listed in administrative rule where bowfishing for common
snapping turtles is not allowed. Notwithstanding any
administrative rule to the contrary, common snapping
turtles may be taken by live trap, subject to the
following conditions:
(A) live traps must be checked every 24 hours;
(B) live traps must be equipped with flotation
equipment, adequate to have at least 2 inches of the
containment area above the surface of the water; and
(C) every live trap must be marked with the
owner's name and address or Department of Natural
Resources customer number.
(4) The daily catch limit and total possession limit
for all properly licensed persons shall be specified by
administrative rule.
(c) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 102-315, eff. 1-1-22.)