Metro East Sun

A new law sponsored by Rep. Katie Stuart (D-112) that was introduced with the purpose of creating the Assistance and Service Animal Integrity Act will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, according to the official Illinois General Assembly website.

The legislation was introduced in bill HB3671 on Feb. 15, when Rep. André Thapedi (D-32) filed it with the House clerk.

According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "create the Assistance and Service Animal Integrity Act".

After debate, the House passed the bill on April 9 and it arrived in the House on May 22, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 30. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 23. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.

Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.

The following table shows the full history of actions on HB3671.

Date	Chamber	Action
2/15/2019	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. André Thapedi
2/15/2019	House	First Reading
2/15/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/5/2019	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
3/6/2019	House	To Commercial Law Subcommittee
3/27/2019	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-000-000
3/27/2019	House	Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
3/27/2019	House	Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 007-000-000
3/29/2019	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/4/2019	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/4/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/9/2019	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001
4/9/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
4/10/2019	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/10/2019	Senate	First Reading
4/10/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/10/2019	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
4/10/2019	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/30/2019	Senate	Assigned to Agriculture
5/9/2019	Senate	Do Pass Agriculture; 010-000-001
5/9/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2019
5/13/2019	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
5/13/2019	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
5/14/2019	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
5/15/2019	Senate	Second Reading
5/15/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2019
5/16/2019	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture; 008-000-001
5/22/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
5/22/2019	House	Arrived in House
5/22/2019	Senate	Recalled to Second Reading
5/22/2019	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Villivalam
5/22/2019	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001
5/22/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
5/23/2019	House	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. André Thapedi
5/23/2019	House	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
5/23/2019	House	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee
5/23/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
5/24/2019	House	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-000-000
5/30/2019	House	Passed Both Houses
5/30/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
5/30/2019	House	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
5/30/2019	House	House Concurs
6/28/2019	House	Sent to the Governor
8/23/2019	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0518
8/23/2019	House	Effective Date January 1, 2020
8/23/2019	House	Governor Approved