Illinois House Bill 2908 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that before June 29, 2023, the additional organization license, issued by the Illinois Racing Board for standardbred racing to a racetrack located in specified townships of Cook County, shall not be issued within a 35-mile radius of another organization license issued by the Board, unless the person having operating control of such racetrack has given written consent to the organization licensee application, which consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time application is made.

RACING-COOK CNTY SUNSET

Rep. Robert Rita [D]

Rep. Anthony DeLuca [D]

Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Session Sine Die
2024-04-24	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
2023-03-10	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to Gaming Committee
2023-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-16	House	First Reading
2023-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
230	5	19.5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2908&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2908.htm