republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-848.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOTTERY-SCRATCH-OFF"
description: "Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Removes language that would require that sales of the special instant scratch-off game to benefit Alzheimer's care, support, education, and awareness be discontinued on January 1, 2022. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 848"
citation: "Illinois HB 848 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melinda Bush", "Natalie A. Manley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/574e8884-aa8e-49ea-9897-04f619e62728"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=848&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129434&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "1587216fcbac19659eea840cd90ed2e7aabe226cdb8a319cd1f7922b2691bc8f"
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 848 (102nd) — LOTTERY-SCRATCH-OFF

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Removes language that would require that sales of the special instant scratch-off game to benefit Alzheimer's care, support, education, and awareness be discontinued on January 1, 2022. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0848.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0848eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0848ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0848enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melinda Bush — primary (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — primary (person)
- Anna Moeller — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Croke — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Luft — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Spain — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Natalie A. Manley `filing`
- **2021-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Natalie A. Manley `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2021-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Do Pass as Amended / Consent Calendar Executive Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2021-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
- **2021-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2021-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2021-04-13** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
- **2021-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Luft
- **2021-04-16** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2021-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Do Pass Executive; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2021
- **2021-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2021
- **2021-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0390 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/574e8884-aa8e-49ea-9897-04f619e62728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).