Bill Status of HB4515  103rd General Assembly

Short Description:  IDNR-AMERICAN PELICAN STUDY

House Sponsors
Rep. Ryan Spain - Tony M. McCombie

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/31/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
20 ILCS 801/1-38 new


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Makes legislative findings concerning the growth of American white pelican populations and their impacts on recreational fish populations in the Upper Mississippi River System. Directs the Department of Natural Resources to collaborate with an accredited university or college in the State to conduct a study of the American white pelican communities that reside, during their migration, in Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River System in order to: (1) evaluate the movements and foraging activities of those communities; (2) assess how the migration of those communities impacts fish populations in the Upper Mississippi River System; and (3) collect the data necessary to develop trophic models of the Upper Mississippi River System that incorporate impacts of piscivorous birds, such as the American white pelican. Requires the Department to report the findings of its study to the General Assembly by no later than December 31, 2025. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/19/2024HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain
  1/19/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
  1/31/2024HouseFirst Reading
  1/31/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee