---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOTTERY LAW-ASSIGN PRIZES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Authorizes the recipient of a prize that is payable in installments to assign part or all of that prize, subject to certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 689"
citation: "Illinois SB 689 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbd635f9-7630-4237-b71e-8a8fe5348c48"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=689&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3357&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "284639f9613ba07b2f475b8892bcbd597fe372ae305f37b33d8684a1d2c2d3c5"
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 689 (93rd) — LOTTERY LAW-ASSIGN PRIZES

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Authorizes the recipient of a prize that is payable in installments to assign part or all of that prize, subject to certain conditions.

## 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=09300SB0689&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3357&DocNum=689&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0689eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3357&DocNum=689&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0689enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3357&DocNum=689&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **87–30** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2003-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Postponed - State Government
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-18** Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- **2003-03-24** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2003-03-25** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2003-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
- **2003-03-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2003-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
- **2003-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2003-05-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-030-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-14** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2003-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 15, 2003
- **2003-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2003-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted State Government; 007-000-000
- **2003-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 059-000-000
- **2003-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-08** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0465 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbd635f9-7630-4237-b71e-8a8fe5348c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).