Illinois HB 2740: WILDLIFE-DRONES ALLOWED

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
HB2740

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

520 ILCS 5/2.33

 Amends the Wildlife Code. Allows unmanned aerial vehicles to be used for the tracking of wounded animals in the course of hunting.

LRB104 09540 BDA 19603 b

A BILL FOR

HB2740LRB104 09540 BDA 19603 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 2.33 as follows:

6 (520 ILCS 5/2.33)

7 Sec. 2.33. Prohibitions. 

8 (a) It is unlawful to carry or possess any gun in any State 

9refuge unless otherwise permitted by administrative rule.

10 (b) It is unlawful to use or possess any snare or 

11snare-like device, deadfall, net, or pit trap to take any 

12species, except that snares not powered by springs or other 

13mechanical devices may be used to trap fur-bearing mammals, in 

14water sets only, if at least one-half of the snare noose is 

15located underwater at all times.

16 (c) It is unlawful for any person at any time to take a 

17wild mammal protected by this Act from its den by means of any 

18mechanical device, spade, or digging device or to use smoke or 

19other gases to dislodge or remove such mammal except as 

20provided in Section 2.37.

21 (d) It is unlawful to use a ferret or any other small 

22mammal which is used in the same or similar manner for which 

23ferrets are used for the purpose of frightening or driving any 

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1mammals from their dens or hiding places.

2 (e) (Blank).

3 (f) It is unlawful to use spears, gigs, hooks, or any like 

4device to take any sp