---
type: "Bill"
title: "HORSE RACING-FAIR RACES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide a racing program (rather than a 5-day racing program) at the State Fair each year. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 3667"
citation: "Illinois HB 3667 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae3bbf61-caa9-4a04-9d8c-bb34103d7dad"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3667&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=120386&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "c4217ee82233a7c1973302503eebb835ed10a451f1ecd77e60af513538a9cbf6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 3667 (101st) — HORSE RACING-FAIR RACES

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide a racing program (rather than a 5-day racing program) at the State Fair each year. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3667&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120386&DocNum=3667&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3667eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120386&DocNum=3667&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3667enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120386&DocNum=3667&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerry Costello, II — primary (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Bristow — cosponsor (person)
- Scott M. Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jerry Costello, II `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jerry Costello, II `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2019-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
- **2019-04-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2019-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- **2019-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Do Pass Agriculture; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-26** Effective Date July 26, 2019
- **2019-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0157 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae3bbf61-caa9-4a04-9d8c-bb34103d7dad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).