Bill Amendment: IL HB3729 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: VIDEO GAMING-VARIOUS
Status: 2026-04-17 - House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3729 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB3729-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: VIDEO GAMING-VARIOUS
Status: 2026-04-17 - House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3729 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB3729-House_Amendment_001.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3729 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3729 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Video Gaming Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 20 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (230 ILCS 40/20) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 20. Video gaming terminal payouts. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A video gaming terminal may not directly dispense | ||||||
| 9 | coins, cash, tokens, or any other article of exchange or value | ||||||
| 10 | except for receipt tickets. Tickets shall be dispensed by | ||||||
| 11 | pressing the ticket dispensing button on the video gaming | ||||||
| 12 | terminal at the end of one's turn or play. The ticket shall | ||||||
| 13 | indicate the total amount of credits and the cash award, the | ||||||
| 14 | time of day in a 24-hour format showing hours and minutes, the | ||||||
| 15 | date, the terminal serial number, the sequential number of the | ||||||
| 16 | ticket, and an encrypted validation number from which the | ||||||
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| 1 | validity of the prize may be determined. The player shall turn | ||||||
| 2 | in this ticket to the appropriate person at the licensed | ||||||
| 3 | establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed | ||||||
| 4 | large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal | ||||||
| 5 | establishment, or licensed veterans establishment to receive | ||||||
| 6 | the cash award. | ||||||
| 7 | (b) The cost of the credit shall be one cent, 5 cents, 10 | ||||||
| 8 | cents, 25 cents, or $1, and the maximum wager played per hand | ||||||
| 9 | shall not exceed $4. No cash award for the maximum wager on any | ||||||
| 10 | individual hand shall equal or exceed the threshold set by the | ||||||
| 11 | Internal Revenue Service for reporting slot machine winnings | ||||||
| 12 | on Form W-2G. Credits must be awarded to players as authorized | ||||||
| 13 | by this Act exceed $1,199. No cash award for the maximum wager | ||||||
| 14 | on a jackpot, progressive or otherwise, shall exceed $10,000. | ||||||
| 15 | (c) In-location bonus jackpot games are hereby authorized. | ||||||
| 16 | The Board shall adopt emergency rules pursuant to Section 5-45 | ||||||
| 17 | of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement this | ||||||
| 18 | subsection (c) within 90 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
| 19 | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. Jackpot winnings | ||||||
| 20 | from in-location progressive games shall be paid by the | ||||||
| 21 | terminal operator to the player not later than 3 days after | ||||||
| 22 | winning such a jackpot. | ||||||
| 23 | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)". | ||||||
