---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOTTERY-UNCLAIMED PRIZES"
description: "LOTTERY-UNCLAIMED PRIZES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 1709"
citation: "Illinois SB 1709 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-02-20T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d4d5464-b23b-4920-89b6-3ae3b27351fe"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "edeeee2b2725ae63031a7852bfe7051cc0e7f3badc219de338b6759708997ef5"
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 SB 1709 (90th) — LOTTERY-UNCLAIMED PRIZES

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB1709LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- KOSEL — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS — cosponsor (person)
- PHILIP — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)
- WOJCIK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EXECUTIVE S
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 011-000-000 SEXC
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-03-24
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-03-31
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1998-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR DANIELS
- **1998-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO WOJCIK
- **1998-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KOSEL
- **1998-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HREV
- **1998-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED LANG
- **1998-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD READING AND PASSAGE DEADLINE EXTEND MAY 22, 1998
- **1998-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MYERS
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-16T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-01-01
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0724

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d4d5464-b23b-4920-89b6-3ae3b27351fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).