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Bill	CRIM CD-GAMBLING EXEMPTION	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from a gambling violation games of skill or chance where money or other things of value can be won but no payment or purchase is required to participate. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 3173	Illinois SB 3173 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2010-02-09	2010-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/181bca35-b979-40cb-8dbe-f977e492d7fa	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3173&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=50922&SessionID=76&GA=96	18348e401bb677827b36325366e1f33c57af57335578fb334546350ff64b50cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3173 (96th) — CRIM CD-GAMBLING EXEMPTION

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from a gambling violation games of skill or chance where money or other things of value can be won but no payment or purchase is required to participate. 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 — 51–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Terry Link — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link filing
• 2010-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2010-03-04 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2010
• 2010-03-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2010
• 2010-03-10 Third Reading - Passed; 051-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-16 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
• 2010-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-22 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2010
• 2010-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1203 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/181bca35-b979-40cb-8dbe-f977e492d7fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).