Illinois SB 1544: DNR-DEER MGMT PLAN

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
SB1544

Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Li Arellano, Jr. 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

520 ILCS 5/2.25 from Ch. 61, par. 2.25

 Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that any deer herd management plan established by the Department of Natural Resources, including length of seasons and bag and possession limits, shall take into account economic damage and public safety concerns caused by deer.

LRB104 08608 BDA 18660 b

A BILL FOR

SB1544LRB104 08608 BDA 18660 b

1 AN ACT concerning wildlife.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing 

5Section 2.25 as follows:

6 (520 ILCS 5/2.25) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.25)

7 Sec. 2.25. It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer 

8except (i) with a shotgun, handgun, single shot centerfire 

9rifle, or muzzleloading rifle or (ii) as provided by 

10administrative rule, with a bow and arrow, during the open 

11season of not more than 14 days which will be set annually by 

12the Director between the dates of November 1st and December 

1331st, both inclusive, or a special 3-day, youth-only season 

14between the dates of September 1 and October 31. For the 

15purposes of this Section, legal handguns and rifles are 

16limited to centerfire handguns that are either a single shot 

17or revolver and centerfire rifles that are single shot. The 

18only legal ammunition for a centerfire handgun or rifle is a 

19bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with 

20a case length not exceeding one and two-fifths inches, or a 

21straight-walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger, 

22both of which must be available as a f