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type: "Bill"
title: "HORSE RACG-PARI-MUTUEL TAX"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 4377"
citation: "Illinois HB 4377 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-04"
last_action: "2006-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb7ed115-2955-4331-b4aa-b09f8dc86449"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4377&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=22542&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "64d3a51654df5d414bcb6ee6b912486f4863c364e3166d0b0414c4a6a9de1e73"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4377&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22542&DocNum=4377&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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)
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)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **7831** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **432** (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](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).