---
type: "Bill"
title: "NATIVE AMERICAN GAMING COMPACT"
description: "Creates the Native American Gaming Act. Provides that before the Governor may enter into a compact with a Native American tribe authorizing the Native American tribe to conduct gambling in Illinois, the Governor must submit a request for authority to enter into the compact to the General Assembly and receive legislative approval to enter into the compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2460"
citation: "Illinois SB 2460 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-11-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed156427-5a43-45a2-90f0-7ab17d6c6971"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2460&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8705&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "ef128bcf949c15f0f32780d536dfc2fe202afbeabe6ababfb40da7f2708a1fe2"
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 2460 (93rd) — NATIVE AMERICAN GAMING COMPACT

Creates the Native American Gaming Act. Provides that before the Governor may enter into a compact with a Native American tribe authorizing the Native American tribe to conduct gambling in Illinois, the Governor must submit a request for authority to enter into the compact to the General Assembly and receive legislative approval to enter into the compact.

## 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=09300SB2460&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8705&DocNum=2460&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2460eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8705&DocNum=2460&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2460enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8705&DocNum=2460&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Motion — **52–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion — **106–8** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Bradley Burzynski — primary (person)
- Rosemary Kurtz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski `filing`
- **2004-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-26** Do Pass Executive; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
- **2004-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
- **2004-03-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** Assigned to Gaming Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Gaming Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-009-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Kurtz
- **2004-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-30** Governor Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2004-11-05** Placed Calendar Total Veto November 8, 2004
- **2004-11-08** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
- **2004-11-09** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2004-11-09** Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 052-004-000
- **2004-11-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-11-10** Placed on Calendar Total Veto November 16, 2004
- **2004-11-10** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2004-11-16** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2004-11-16** Override Governor Veto - House Passed 106-008-002
- **2004-11-16** Both Houses Override Total Veto `veto-override-passage`
- **2004-11-18** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2004-11-19** Effective Date January 1, 2005
- **2004-11-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1051 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed156427-5a43-45a2-90f0-7ab17d6c6971`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).