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Bill	HORSE RACG-PARI-MUTUEL TAX	Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that, beginning on the effective date and until moneys deposited into the Horse Racing Equity Fund are distributed and received, a pari-mutuel tax at the rate of 0.25% (instead of 1.5%) of the daily pari-mutuel handle is imposed at a pari-mutuel facility whose license is derived from a track located in a county that borders the Mississippi River and conducted live racing in the previous year. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 4377	Illinois HB 4377 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2006-01-04	2006-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/eb7ed115-2955-4331-b4aa-b09f8dc86449	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4377&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=22542&SessionID=50&GA=94	64d3a51654df5d414bcb6ee6b912486f4863c364e3166d0b0414c4a6a9de1e73	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4377 (94th) — HORSE RACG-PARI-MUTUEL TAX

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that, beginning on the effective date and until moneys deposited into the Horse Racing Equity Fund are distributed and received, a pari-mutuel tax at the rate of 0.25% (instead of 1.5%) of the daily pari-mutuel handle is imposed at a pari-mutuel facility whose license is derived from a track located in a county that borders the Mississippi River and conducted live racing in the previous year. 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 — 78–31 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 43–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Frank C. Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Jay C. Hoffman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-01-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman filing
• 2006-01-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-01-18 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2006-01-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-002-000 committee-passage
• 2006-01-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-01-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-01-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-01-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-031-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-01-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2006-01-31 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2006-01-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 1, 2006 reading-1
• 2006-01-31 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2006-01-31 Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois Department of Revenue.
• 2006-01-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
• 2006-01-31 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2006-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-01 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-03-08 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2006-03-16 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 22, 2006
• 2006-03-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
• 2006-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2006
• 2006-03-27 Third Reading - Passed; 043-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-03-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-04-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-05-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-05-26 Effective Date May 26, 2006
• 2006-05-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0805 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb7ed115-2955-4331-b4aa-b09f8dc86449. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).