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Bill	HORSE RACING-SIMULCAST WAGER	Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that an organization licensee shall have authority to determine and set hours of operation and days of operation for inter-track wagering under an inter-track wagering license and inter-track wagering location license and to determine wagering on simulcast programs on out-of-state races at wagering facilities at which inter-track wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees who derive their licenses from the organization licensee conduct business. Further provides that non-host licensees may accept wagers on all races included as part of a simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted (rather than shall accept wagers on all races included as part of a simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted). Provides that inter-track wagering location licensees who derive their licenses from a particular organization licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only at locations that are within 140 miles of the race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing (rather than only at locations which are either within 90 miles of the race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing or within 135 miles of that race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing) and deletes a distinction for such race tracks located in counties of less than 400,000. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 3318	Illinois SB 3318 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2014-02-14	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/6a8d22a4-d433-4c71-854d-a7c60067edbd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3318&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80515&SessionID=85&GA=98	4cc056e62d893d395a4cdfec6eb81cd364326fdc954c4710360b659e2873bfe1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3318 (98th) — HORSE RACING-SIMULCAST WAGER

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that an organization licensee shall have authority to determine and set hours of operation and days of operation for inter-track wagering under an inter-track wagering license and inter-track wagering location license and to determine wagering on simulcast programs on out-of-state races at wagering facilities at which inter-track wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees who derive their licenses from the organization licensee conduct business. Further provides that non-host licensees may accept wagers on all races included as part of a simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted (rather than shall accept wagers on all races included as part of a simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted). Provides that inter-track wagering location licensees who derive their licenses from a particular organization licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only at locations that are within 140 miles of the race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing (rather than only at locations which are either within 90 miles of the race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing or within 135 miles of that race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing) and deletes a distinction for such race tracks located in counties of less than 400,000. 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 — 51–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 94–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Terry Link — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-14 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
• 2014-03-13 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2014-03-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-03-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2014-03-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-03-27 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2014
• 2014-04-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2014
• 2014-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2014-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2014-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 011-000-000
• 2014-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2014-04-10 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Link amendment-passage
• 2014-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Link amendment-passage
• 2014-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2014-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 051-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2014-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2014-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2014-04-28 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2014-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-020-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2014
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0968 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a8d22a4-d433-4c71-854d-a7c60067edbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).