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type: "Bill"
title: "LOTTERY-POWERBALL-ONLINE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Lottery Law and the State Finance Act. Allows the Illinois Lottery to offer Powerball games (in addition to Lotto and Mega Millions) through the Internet pilot program. Provides for the net revenue from the sale of Powerball tickets on the Internet to be deposited into the State Financial Recovery Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, by the Department and for the moneys in the Fund to be used by the Comptroller for the sole purpose of payment of proper bills or invoices from a vendor for goods or services furnished to the State that are subject to an interest penalty under Section 3-2 of the State Prompt Payment Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3497"
citation: "Illinois SB 3497 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2012-02-08"
last_action: "2012-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18feba2b-9ec0-4b41-a8d2-52c479ee0f3f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3497&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65170&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "4533f433f66442bf786b2b2a746a15723543122dc0c7aa22b8047a7731411543"
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 SB 3497 (97th) — LOTTERY-POWERBALL-ONLINE
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law and the State Finance Act. Allows the Illinois Lottery to offer Powerball games (in addition to Lotto and Mega Millions) through the Internet pilot program. Provides for the net revenue from the sale of Powerball tickets on the Internet to be deposited into the State Financial Recovery Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, by the Department and for the moneys in the Fund to be used by the Comptroller for the sole purpose of payment of proper bills or invoices from a vendor for goods or services furnished to the State that are subject to an interest penalty under Section 3-2 of the State Prompt Payment Act.
## 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=09700SB3497&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65170&DocNum=3497&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3497eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65170&DocNum=3497&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3497enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65170&DocNum=3497&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Concurrence — **3717** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **3620** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **6247** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg `filing`
- **2012-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-17** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-24** Postponed - Executive
- **2012-03-01** Postponed - Executive
- **2012-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2012-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 010-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2012
- **2012-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2012
- **2012-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2012-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-002-000
- **2012-03-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Schoenberg `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2012-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 036-020-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2012-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 29, 2012
- **2012-05-21** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Revenue & Finance Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2012-05-21** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
- **2012-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue & Finance Committee
- **2012-05-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Revenue & Finance Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-24** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 005-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-24** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2012-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-25** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lou Lang
- **2012-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-047-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-28** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2012-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 29, 2012
- **2012-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg `filing`
- **2012-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 011-002-000
- **2012-05-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 037-017-000
- **2012-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-27** Effective Date August 27, 2012
- **2012-08-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1121 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18feba2b-9ec0-4b41-a8d2-52c479ee0f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).