---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMING-ADVANCE DEPOSIT WAGER"
description: "Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Removes language terminating the authorization for advance deposit wagering on February 1, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 335"
citation: "Illinois HB 335 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2016-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4624133f-6946-4844-b17a-bd3e9d392268"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=335&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=84656&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "2f4e95625fe4129bc96af2d7ffce33a588e80aa7142ce73585f44fb3d9b0c4f7"
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 335 (99th) — GAMING-ADVANCE DEPOSIT WAGER

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Removes language terminating the authorization for advance deposit wagering on February 1, 2017.

## 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=09900HB0335&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=84656&DocNum=335&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB0335eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=84656&DocNum=335&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB0335enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=84656&DocNum=335&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **81–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
- Steven M. Landek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
- **2015-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-13** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-003-001 `committee-passage`
- **2015-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2015-04-24** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2016-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-03-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2016-04-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan
- **2016-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2016-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-21** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2016-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-023-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2016-04-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
- **2016-05-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
- **2016-05-12** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2016
- **2016-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2016
- **2016-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-12** Effective Date August 12, 2016
- **2016-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0756 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4624133f-6946-4844-b17a-bd3e9d392268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).