republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-2947.md

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Bill	GAMING-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE	Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board shall not require individuals hired exclusively to perform functions that are not related in any way to gaming operations to hold an occupational license. Provides that the Board may issue a non-gaming identification badge upon payment of a non-refundable annual fee set by the Board. Sets forth eligibility requirements for a non-gaming identification badge. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	104th	HB 2947	Illinois HB 2947 (104th)	bill		enacted	Cristina Castro Robert "Bob" Rita	5	44	8	2025-02-05	2025-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/dbdc003b-09d6-4570-ba03-18061e361810	https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2947&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=161152&SessionID=114	f1ba8caf7f09377eb530d54cd8da1f11958117a1a740fcaad3d0110f6b6d5fa0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2947 (104th) — GAMING-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE

Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board shall not require individuals hired exclusively to perform functions that are not related in any way to gaming operations to hold an occupational license. Provides that the Board may issue a non-gaming identification badge upon payment of a non-refundable annual fee set by the Board. Sets forth eligibility requirements for a non-gaming identification badge. 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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Gaming — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Executive — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Gaming, Amendment 1 — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Executive — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Gaming — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cristina Castro — primary (person)
• Robert "Bob" Rita — primary (person)
• Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
• Thaddeus Jones — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita filing
• 2025-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2025-03-04 Assigned to Gaming Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Gaming Committee; 015-000-000
• 2025-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Gaming Committee
• 2025-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Gaming Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2025-04-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2025-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2025-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-14 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-04-29 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2025-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-05-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2025-05-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-05-08 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 010-000-000
• 2025-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2025 reading-2
• 2025-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2025
• 2025-05-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
• 2025-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2025-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2025-05-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
• 2025-05-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Gaming Committee
• 2025-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Gaming Committee; 016-000-000
• 2025-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
• 2025-05-31 House Concurs
• 2025-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2025-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2025-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2025
• 2025-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0255 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbdc003b-09d6-4570-ba03-18061e361810. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).