HB 3844 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

PESTICIDES-OPERATOR REGULATION

Summary

Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Replaces the definition of the term "licensed operator" with definitions of the terms "licensed large-scale operator" and "licensed small-scale operator". Provides that the Director of Agriculture shall issue separate certification tests for licensed large-scale operators and licensed small-scale operators based on the rules and regulations prescribed for each by the Department of Agriculture. Makes conforming changes in the Act.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 14, 2025 Last action Jun 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 2 edits · Apr 10, 2025

MINOR

The bill was formally amended to reflect its progression from introduction to its engrossed version, updating the header to 'HB3844 Engrossed'. Substantive policy changes are minimal, consisting of a minor typographical correction in the definition of 'Beneficial Insects' and several formatting adjustments to the page headers and line spacing.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a typo in the definition of 'Beneficial Insects' by adding a space between 'life' and 'cycle'.

Updated the document header and page footers to reflect the bill's current status as 'Engrossed' rather than 'Introduced'.

Floor votes · House Apr 10, 2025

How they voted

71–38

Passed · 9 other

Total votes 118

Apr 10, 2025

D Democratic78

71 Yea 2 Nay 5

91% Yea

R Republican40

36 Nay 4

90% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 1, 2026

Committee

Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

upper

May 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon

upper

May 13, 2026

Introduced

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-004-000

upper

May 13, 2026

Introduced

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive

upper

May 13, 2026

Committee

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

upper

May 13, 2026

Introduced

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Assignments

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Introduced

Arrive in Senate

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-038-000

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 016-009-000

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules Committee

lower

2 primary · 4 co-sponsors