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Bill HORSE RACING-FOAL ELIGIBILITY Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. The following changes are effective until January 1, 2022: Provides that "Illinois conceived and foaled", as the term applies to a standardbred, includes a standardbred horse whose sire is a qualified Illinois stallion. Provides that semen from a stallion qualified for the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund may be transported outside the State. Removes the requirement that for a horse to qualify for an Illinois conceived and foaled race the mare must be in the State at least 30 days before foaling or remain in the State at least 30 days at the time of foaling. Removes the requirement that for a horse to qualify for an Illinois conceived and foaled race the mare must be inseminated within the State and the foal must be dropped in the State. Provides that the Director of Agriculture or his or her authorized agent shall not publish notice announcing disqualification of a stallion or his foals on the basis that the stallion owner, manager, or person associated has knowingly participated in the arrangements for transporting semen from a standardbred stallion registered under the Act out of State. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 100th HB 5459 Illinois HB 5459 (100th)
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Illinois HB 5459 (100th) — HORSE RACING-FOAL ELIGIBILITY

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. The following changes are effective until January 1, 2022: Provides that "Illinois conceived and foaled", as the term applies to a standardbred, includes a standardbred horse whose sire is a qualified Illinois stallion. Provides that semen from a stallion qualified for the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund may be transported outside the State. Removes the requirement that for a horse to qualify for an Illinois conceived and foaled race the mare must be in the State at least 30 days before foaling or remain in the State at least 30 days at the time of foaling. Removes the requirement that for a horse to qualify for an Illinois conceived and foaled race the mare must be inseminated within the State and the foal must be dropped in the State. Provides that the Director of Agriculture or his or her authorized agent shall not publish notice announcing disqualification of a stallion or his foals on the basis that the stallion owner, manager, or person associated has knowingly participated in the arrangements for transporting semen from a standardbred stallion registered under the Act out of State. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third Reading — 480 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 1020 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Norine K. Hammond — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond filing
  • 2018-02-16 First Reading reading-1
  • 2018-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-02-27 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond amendment-introduction
  • 2018-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
  • 2018-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 010-000-000 amendment-passage
  • 2018-03-06 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-001-000 committee-passage
  • 2018-03-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2018-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
  • 2018-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2018-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2018-04-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2018-04-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
  • 2018-04-13 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2018-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2018-04-13 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
  • 2018-04-13 First Reading reading-1
  • 2018-04-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2018-04-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
  • 2018-04-18 Sponsor Removed Sen. Jil Tracy
  • 2018-04-25 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
  • 2018-05-02 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Jil Tracy
  • 2018-05-10 Do Pass Agriculture; 009-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2018-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2018
  • 2018-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2018-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2018
  • 2018-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 048-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2018-05-21 Passed Both Houses
  • 2018-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2018-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2018-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2018
  • 2018-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0777 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa59a7e9-7a31-49e8-9b5c-5ea0e23f3042. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).