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Bill	VIDEO GAMING-DEFINITION	Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that "licensed establishment" means any licensed retail establishment where alcoholic liquor is drawn, poured, mixed, or otherwise served for consumption on the premises, whether the establishment operates on a nonprofit or for-profit basis. Provides that the changes are declarative of existing law and shall not be construed as a new enactment. Makes changes concerning background investigations of applicants for licensure. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2371	Illinois SB 2371 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	65	5	2013-02-15	2013-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/42f6420d-ea3a-40d0-b16e-7670b4939a79	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2371&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73985&SessionID=85&GA=98	266c4432af19484fac090f226d96fa1415dbd302d328f6bdb523fd08f6d9d53e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2371 (98th) — VIDEO GAMING-DEFINITION

Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that "licensed establishment" means any licensed retail establishment where alcoholic liquor is drawn, poured, mixed, or otherwise served for consumption on the premises, whether the establishment operates on a nonprofit or for-profit basis. Provides that the changes are declarative of existing law and shall not be construed as a new enactment. Makes changes concerning background investigations of applicants for licensure. 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

• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 43–6 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 76–40 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 3 — 52–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs filing
• 2013-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
• 2013-03-05 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2013-03-06 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass Executive; 011-001-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2013
• 2013-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
• 2013-04-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
• 2013-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 043-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2013-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2013-05-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
• 2013-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser amendment-introduction
• 2013-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser amendment-introduction
• 2013-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2013-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-05-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2013-05-24 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Chad Hays amendment-introduction
• 2013-05-24 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2013
• 2013-05-26 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-05-26 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-26 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 076-040-001 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2013-05-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2013-05-28 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2, 3
• 2013-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2, 3 - May 29, 2013
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Michael W. Frerichs filing
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Michael W. Frerichs filing
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Michael W. Frerichs filing
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive referral-committee
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive referral-committee
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive referral-committee
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
• 2013-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
• 2013-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 052-001-000
• 2013-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 052-001-000
• 2013-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 052-001-000
• 2013-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-27 Effective Date August 27, 2013
• 2013-08-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0587 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42f6420d-ea3a-40d0-b16e-7670b4939a79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).