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Bill	HORSE RACING-AED-TRAINING	Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that, in addition to certain charitable contributions to non-profit organizations that provide medical and family, counseling, and similar services to persons who reside or work on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks, organization licensees shall provide funding for no less than one Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to be placed in the paddock of their racing facilities and no less than one AED to be placed in the barn area of their racing facilities. Requires that the AEDs be accessible at all times to industry workers. Provides that qualified charitable organizations receiving the charitable contributions shall provide annual AED training, in English and Spanish, to horsemen and racetrack personnel. Requires the Board to conduct periodic checks on the AEDs and notify organization licensees to replace or repair them as needed. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2506	Illinois HB 2506 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2013-02-20	2013-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/a92dd701-bdd7-426b-a0e6-c861ab429984	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2506&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74302&SessionID=85&GA=98	999ad32a244bd664d0ca050191dc09b4c3dcbdfef5582339de97920b31fae596	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2506 (98th) — HORSE RACING-AED-TRAINING

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that, in addition to certain charitable contributions to non-profit organizations that provide medical and family, counseling, and similar services to persons who reside or work on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks, organization licensees shall provide funding for no less than one Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to be placed in the paddock of their racing facilities and no less than one AED to be placed in the barn area of their racing facilities. Requires that the AEDs be accessible at all times to industry workers. Provides that qualified charitable organizations receiving the charitable contributions shall provide annual AED training, in English and Spanish, to horsemen and racetrack personnel. Requires the Board to conduct periodic checks on the AEDs and notify organization licensees to replace or repair them as needed. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cynthia Soto — primary (person)
• Dale A. Righter — cosponsor (person)
• Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto filing
• 2013-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto amendment-introduction
• 2013-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2013-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2013-04-23 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
• 2013-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2013
• 2013-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2013-05-22 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2013-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2014
• 2013-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0423 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a92dd701-bdd7-426b-a0e6-c861ab429984. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).