---
type: "Bill"
title: "RIVERBOATS-ADMISSN TAX-REENTRY"
description: "Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides, as an exception to the requirement that the admission tax be paid for each admission, that a person who exits a riverboat gambling facility and reenters that riverboat gambling facility within the same gaming day shall be subject only to the initial admission tax. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Illinois SB 262 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-10-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f50aac4a-13b8-47e9-9fb0-4d2d49c2d6d0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=262&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27774&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "2ef0988fe839c0214c4af27949f457dc967722056d7a230df57206d84462dbad"
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 262 (95th) — RIVERBOATS-ADMISSN TAX-REENTRY

Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides, as an exception to the requirement that the admission tax be paid for each admission, that a person who exits a riverboat gambling facility and reenters that riverboat gambling facility within the same gaming day shall be subject only to the initial admission tax. 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=09500SB0262&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27774&DocNum=262&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0262eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27774&DocNum=262&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0262enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27774&DocNum=262&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Motion — **95–17** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **94–21** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 053-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2007-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Gaming Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Correctional Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Housing Affordability Impact Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Judicial Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Pension Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** State Debt Impact Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-18** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Judicial Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** State Debt Impact Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Pension Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Balanced Budget Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
- **2007-05-21** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-05-21** Home Rule Note Filed
- **2007-05-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Gaming Committee; 015-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-23** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-25** Balanced Budget Note Filed
- **2007-05-25** Correctional Note Filed
- **2007-05-25** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-05-31** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
- **2007-05-31** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2007-05-31** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2007-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-021-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-28** Governor Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2007-10-02** Placed Calendar Total Veto October 2, 2007
- **2007-10-02** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2007-10-02** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-10-02** Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 046-003-000
- **2007-10-04** Placed on Calendar Total Veto October 10, 2007
- **2007-10-05** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2007-10-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2007-10-11** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-10-11** Override Governor Veto - House Passed 095-017-000
- **2007-10-11** Both Houses Override Total Veto `veto-override-passage`
- **2007-10-17** Effective Date October 11, 2007
- **2007-10-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0663 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f50aac4a-13b8-47e9-9fb0-4d2d49c2d6d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).