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Bill	BINGO-CHURCH OR VET ORG	Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. Allows senior citizens organizations to conduct bingo at a building owned by a church or veterans organization. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5437	Illinois HB 5437 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2010-02-04	2010-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/ac27c04c-0130-4108-98a5-da26ec3a1f0a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5437&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50477&SessionID=76&GA=96	49fd68317976799c9d5861a4a7ae336c34f815249ec95f9ad6a6e336dc4f3430	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5437 (96th) — BINGO-CHURCH OR VET ORG

Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. Allows senior citizens organizations to conduct bingo at a building owned by a church or veterans organization. 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 — 94–16 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kevin A. McCarthy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy filing
• 2010-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2010-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-016-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-16 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
• 2010-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2010-04-13 Assigned to Gaming referral-committee
• 2010-04-22 Do Pass Gaming; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-21 Effective Date July 21, 2010
• 2010-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1150 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac27c04c-0130-4108-98a5-da26ec3a1f0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).