---
type: "Bill"
title: "HORSE RACING-QUARTER HORSES"
description: "HORSE RACING-QUARTER HORSES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 2729"
citation: "Illinois HB 2729 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22178a87-a339-4c1b-9c1a-fdba2c45b672"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7be8c2cf02f268ee935f9fdf56f38d1d999de04c89f11ffed7fd0fd1dac0e2e2"
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 2729 (90th) — HORSE RACING-QUARTER HORSES

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB2729LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- WEAVER,S — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EXECUTIVE H
- **1998-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 012-000-000 HEXC
- **1998-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BLACK
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BLACK
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 98-04-01
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WEAVER,S
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 012-000-000 SEXC
- **1998-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-04-29
- **1998-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-05-05
- **1998-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD READING AND PASSAGE DEADLINE EXTEND JANUARY 1, 1999
- **1998-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1998-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JACOBS
- **1998-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1998-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 5-4(A) SA 01
- **1998-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-19T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-01-01
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0754

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22178a87-a339-4c1b-9c1a-fdba2c45b672`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).