HB2339 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)
WILDLIFE CD-CHRONIC WASTING
Last Action
8/01/2025 - House: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0058
House Sponsors
Rep. Tony M. McCombie
Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Patrick J. Joyce - Dale Fowler, Andrew S. Chesney, Chris Balkema and Mattie Hunter)
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that, if the Department of Natural Resources is using its sharpshooting program to manage chronic wasting disease in a deer herd that is found in a specified area or county in the State and if no cases of that disease have been identified in that herd in the preceding 3 calendar years, then the Department shall end the use of that program to manage that disease in that area or county. Provides, however, that the program may be reinstituted within the area or county if chronic wasting disease is again identified in that herd.
House Committee Amendment No. 1
Specifies that the Department of Natural Resources shall take the deer management actions described in the introduced bill on a county-by-county basis (rather than on an areawide or county-by-county basis).
Actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/30/2025 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie |
| 2/04/2025 | House | First Reading |
| 2/04/2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/25/2025 | House | Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee |
| 3/17/2025 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie |
| 3/17/2025 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/18/2025 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee |
| 3/18/2025 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote |
| 3/18/2025 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000 |
| 3/19/2025 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/25/2025 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/25/2025 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/07/2025 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 |
| 4/08/2025 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/08/2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2025 |
| 4/09/2025 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon |
| 4/09/2025 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/09/2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/17/2025 | Senate | Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Patrick J. Joyce |
| 4/23/2025 | Senate | Assigned to Agriculture |
| 4/30/2025 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney |
| 5/01/2025 | Senate | Do Pass Agriculture; 012-000-000 |
| 5/01/2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2025 |
| 5/01/2025 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema |
| 5/07/2025 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/07/2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2025 |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler |
| 5/21/2025 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 |
| 5/21/2025 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 6/17/2025 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/01/2025 | House | Governor Approved |
| 8/01/2025 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2026 |
| 8/01/2025 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0058 |
| 10/29/2025 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |