---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHARITABLE GAMES RE-ENACTMENT"
description: "Amends the Charitable Games Act. Re-enacts provisions of that Act affected by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Includes validation provisions. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2998"
citation: "Illinois SB 2998 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-20"
last_action: "2006-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/479ef300-82a6-47fd-89da-8865711b4cbd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2998&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=24159&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "c7634a395af6ed4b0c3da540e5b3ad41fc5f0ece358a4fdc0c54832788ad377f"
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 2998 (94th) — CHARITABLE GAMES RE-ENACTMENT

Amends the Charitable Games Act. Re-enacts provisions of that Act affected by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Includes validation provisions. 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=09400SB2998&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24159&DocNum=2998&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2998eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24159&DocNum=2998&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2998enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24159&DocNum=2998&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **60–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2006-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-01** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 9, 2006
- **2006-02-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
- **2006-02-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Executive
- **2006-03-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Executive
- **2006-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2006
- **2006-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2006-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2006-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-14** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-23** Motion Do Pass - Lost State Government Administration Committee; 004-003-000 `committee-failure`
- **2006-03-23** Remains in State Government Administration Committee
- **2006-03-24** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-30** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2006-03-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
- **2006-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 060-051-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-04-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-05-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2006
- **2006-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0986 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/479ef300-82a6-47fd-89da-8865711b4cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).