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SB 3116
Illinois Senate•Passed
Summary
SB 3116, “BEES/APIARIES-CONSENT”, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 2, 2026 by Sen. Andrew Chesney (R) with 4 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jul 31, 2026: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0713.
Record
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SB 3116 has 4 co-sponsors and 5 roll calls.
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Amends the Bees and Apiaries Act. Directs the Department of Agriculture, when practicable, to provide landowners and beekeepers with notification of inspections. Provides that a person may not produce, sell, resell, or transport packages, queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment within Illinois, into Illinois, or from Illinois to another state, without a valid compliance agreement or permit. Allows the Department, at its discretion, to grant a waiver of the permit requirement for the transport of packages, queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment from an Illinois county to a contiguous county in Illinois or a neighboring state. Requires a person intending to transport packages, queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment, into Illinois from another state to notify the Department at least 3 business days before entry into the State of Illinois. Authorizes the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement and administer the changes made by the amendatory Act.
Sponsors
Sen. Andrew Chesney (R) sponsors SB 3116, and 4 members have co-sponsored it.
Committees
SB 3116 went before 4 committees: Assignments, Agriculture, Rules and Agriculture & Conservation.
History
SB 3116 has taken 39 actions since Feb 2, 2026, the latest on Jul 31, 2026.
| Chamber | Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 31, 2026 | Senate | Governor Approved | ||
Jul 31, 2026 | Senate | Effective Date January 1, 2027 | ||
Jul 31, 2026 | Senate | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0713 | ||
Jun 18, 2026 | Senate | Sent to the Governor | ||
May 21, 2026 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 |
Votes
SB 3116 went to 5 roll calls across both chambers, the latest on May 21, 2026 at 106–0.
| Chamber | Question | Yea | Nay | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 21, 2026 | House | House Third Reading | 106 | 0 | ||
May 12, 2026 | House | House Agriculture & Conservation Committee | 8 | 0 | ||
May 7, 2026 | Senate | Senate Agriculture Committee | 12 | 0 | ||
May 7, 2026 | Senate | Senate Third Reading | 57 | 0 | ||
Apr 30, 2026 | Senate | Senate Agriculture Committee | 13 | 0 |
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