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type: "Bill"
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title: "HORSE RACG-PARI-MUTUEL TAX"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "94th"
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identifier: "HB 4377"
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citation: "Illinois HB 4377 (94th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2006-01-04"
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last_action: "2006-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb7ed115-2955-4331-b4aa-b09f8dc86449"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4377&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=22542&SessionID=50&GA=94"
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source_hash: "64d3a51654df5d414bcb6ee6b912486f4863c364e3166d0b0414c4a6a9de1e73"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 4377 (94th) — HORSE RACG-PARI-MUTUEL TAX
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4377&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22542&DocNum=4377&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4377eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22542&DocNum=4377&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4377enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22542&DocNum=4377&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **78–31** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Frank C. Watson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay C. Hoffman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2006-01-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman `filing`
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- **2006-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2006-01-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2006-01-18** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2006-01-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-002-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2006-01-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2006-01-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2006-01-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2006-01-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-031-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2006-01-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
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- **2006-01-31** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2006-01-31** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 1, 2006 `reading-1`
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- **2006-01-31** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
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- **2006-01-31** Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois Department of Revenue.
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- **2006-01-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
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- **2006-01-31** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
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- **2006-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2006-02-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
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- **2006-03-16** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 22, 2006
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- **2006-03-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
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- **2006-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2006
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- **2006-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 043-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2006-03-27** Passed Both Houses
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- **2006-04-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2006-05-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2006-05-26** Effective Date May 26, 2006
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- **2006-05-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0805 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb7ed115-2955-4331-b4aa-b09f8dc86449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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