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| Bill | LOTTERY-SCRATCH OFF FOR VETS | Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of Revenue to offer a special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of Illinois veterans, to commence on January 1, 2006. Provides that the net revenue from the game shall be deposited into the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund for making grants, funding additional services, or conducting additional research projects relating to certain veterans issues. Provides that moneys collected from the special instant scratch-off game shall be used as a supplemental financial resource and shall not supplant existing moneys that the Department of Veterans Affairs may currently expend. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | HB 3472 | Illinois HB 3472 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 59 | 2 | 2005-02-23 | 2005-08-15 | openstates | ocd-bill/f8bd59f0-651a-4ebc-a4fe-46565208be72 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3472&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=19725&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 695032e6aa0cb41e9ead7c3c60170b8d41e1e95afc54303a87fc02c9d13bbb30 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 3472 (94th) — LOTTERY-SCRATCH OFF FOR VETS
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of Revenue to offer a special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of Illinois veterans, to commence on January 1, 2006. Provides that the net revenue from the game shall be deposited into the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund for making grants, funding additional services, or conducting additional research projects relating to certain veterans issues. Provides that moneys collected from the special instant scratch-off game shall be used as a supplemental financial resource and shall not supplant existing moneys that the Department of Veterans Affairs may currently expend. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 49–6 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 63–53 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Adeline Jay Geo-Karis — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Boland — primary (person)
- Mike Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Boland
filing - 2005-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- 2005-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- 2005-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2005-02-23 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-23 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-03-01 Assigned to Revenue Committee
referral-committee - 2005-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- 2005-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 008-004-000
committee-passage - 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-03-15 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2005-04-08 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-04-08 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-04-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- 2005-04-12 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- 2005-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- 2005-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- 2005-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
- 2005-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- 2005-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 063-053-001
reading-3, passage - 2005-04-12 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2005-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2005
reading-1 - 2005-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- 2005-04-13 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-13 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-04-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- 2005-04-15 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- 2005-04-21 Assigned to Revenue
referral-committee - 2005-05-03 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- 2005-05-05 Do Pass Revenue; 006-002-000
committee-passage - 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- 2005-05-10 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- 2005-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
- 2005-05-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- 2005-05-17 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 2005-05-20 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005
reading-3 - 2005-05-31 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- 2005-05-31 Third Reading - Passed; 049-006-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-31 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-29 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-08-15 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2005
- 2005-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0585
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8bd59f0-651a-4ebc-a4fe-46565208be72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).