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Bill	SCRATCH-OFF FOR IL VETS	Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. In a provision concerning scratch-off games for the benefit of Illinois veterans, provides that the net revenue from the games that is deposited into the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund shall be used to support veteran employment and employment training in addition to certain other veterans' issues. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3689	Illinois SB 3689 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2012-02-10	2012-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/4d3bd4a3-9e2c-4d01-92c2-22544deae1b9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3689&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65743&SessionID=84&GA=97	0d9993977380304422c8f352b5bd5a21f67b5799fc87cf8b789b66d9c56db396	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3689 (97th) — SCRATCH-OFF FOR IL VETS

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. In a provision concerning scratch-off games for the benefit of Illinois veterans, provides that the net revenue from the games that is deposited into the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund shall be used to support veteran employment and employment training in addition to certain other veterans' issues. 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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 101–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Charles E. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
• Charles W. Krezwick — cosponsor (person)
• Emily McAsey — cosponsor (person)
• Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
• Jehan A. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sidney H. Mathias — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan filing
• 2012-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2012-03-08 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2012-03-09 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 30, 2012
• 2012-03-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2012-03-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2012-03-27 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 28, 2012
• 2012-03-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2012
• 2012-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2012-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-04-17 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2012-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-04-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-04-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2012-04-19 Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles W. Krezwick
• 2012-04-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2012-04-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2012-04-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2012-05-03 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-03 Remains in Revenue & Finance Committee
• 2012-05-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
• 2012-05-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2012-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2012
• 2012-05-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2012-05-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-004-003 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-31 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2012-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-05 Effective Date July 5, 2012
• 2012-07-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0740 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d3bd4a3-9e2c-4d01-92c2-22544deae1b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).